New Jersey’s attorney general filed a lawsuit against Discord, alleging the platform recklessly exposes children to violent and sexual content. With 200 million users, Discord allows individuals to post in chat rooms and exchange direct messages. Founded as a gaming chat tool in 2015, its popularity among children has surged, partly due to limited safety controls. The lawsuit claims that predators exploit these vulnerabilities, citing cases where adults used the app to communicate explicitly with minors. Despite requiring users to be 13 or older, the platform’s ease of account creation and pseudonym usage makes age verification difficult.
— new from The New York Times
