▲ 44 ▼ Discord bans AI-generated child sex abuse material and teen dating servers (www.nbcnews.com) submitted 3 years ago* by kuontom@kbin.social to c/tech@kbin.social 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments The policy changes come after an NBC News investigation last month into child safety on the platform.
[–] kuontom@kbin.social [S] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) See Also: Child predators are using Discord, a popular app among teens, for sextortion and abductions ‘It’s horrifying’: Discord CEO on child abuse issues after NBC News investigation permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Madbrad200@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) They've always infested chat services unfortunately. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yup. Before Discord it was Skype. Before Skype it was AIM. It’s not a problem with Discord specifically. It’s that predators will always seek out prey. When kids flock to a service like Discord it means predators do too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pandantic@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago When I was a kid, it was MSN chat rooms. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Madbrad200@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) They've always infested chat services unfortunately. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yup. Before Discord it was Skype. Before Skype it was AIM. It’s not a problem with Discord specifically. It’s that predators will always seek out prey. When kids flock to a service like Discord it means predators do too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pandantic@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago When I was a kid, it was MSN chat rooms. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yup. Before Discord it was Skype. Before Skype it was AIM. It’s not a problem with Discord specifically. It’s that predators will always seek out prey. When kids flock to a service like Discord it means predators do too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pandantic@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago When I was a kid, it was MSN chat rooms. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pandantic@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago When I was a kid, it was MSN chat rooms. permalink fedilink source parent