On Tuesday, John Redgrave, Discord's Head of Trust and Safety, declared that the chat platform was modifying their policies on child safety, including those around teen dating and computer-generated material representing child sexual abuse. These modifications come in the wake of an investigation by NBC News last month concerning the safety of children on the app. Redgrave pointed out that they were now explicitly prohibiting AI depictions of child sexual abuse and sexualization of children in text chats, as reported by The Washington Post in June. This includes any "text or media content that sexualizes children, including drawn, photorealistic, and AI-generated photorealistic child sexual abuse material." They also plan to prohibit instances of older teens grooming younger teens.
Discord's blog post also mentioned that they will not permit "teen dating servers" due to the danger it can cause to the user, and the new Family Center tool will allow parents to monitor their kids' activity on the platform. Redgrave reinforced this statement during a presentation at TrustCon, where they declared that they are no longer allowing teen dating on their app as it is a considerable risk vector for adult predators.
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