General Prosecutor New Jersey Matthew Potkin Loan on disagreements Above the safety functions of children in chat. The lawsuit states that Discord “mislead parents about the effectiveness of its security control and hid the risks that children face when using application.”
The Office of the Prosecutor General and the Department of State Consumers came to the conclusion that Discord violated the law on fraud with consumers of New Jersey after a long -term investigation of the company. The details of the lawsuit are currently sealed, but the announcement of Platkin assumes several ways in which he plans to argue that the Discord approach can lead to the threat of children. He says that the application uses default settings that “allow users to receive requests for friends from anyone in the application” and which allows you to create an account when you are less than 13 years old. According to Platkin, Discord “requires people only to enter the date of birth in order to set their age when creating an account.”
When asking for a comment, Discord suggested the following statement:
Discord is proud of our constant efforts and investments in functions and tools that help make Discord more safe. Given our interaction with the General Prosecutor's Office, we are surprised by the announcement that New Jersey had an action against Discord today. We dispute the claims in the lawsuit and look forward to the possibility of protecting the action in court.
For many years, Discord has presented several functions with a severe goal of protecting young users. Next Report In this detailed 35 cases related to discord in which adults were held accountable for accusations such as “abduction of abduction, care or sexual violence”, the company presented its Family center A tool that allows adults to track what their children do in the application. TeenageAlso presented in 2023, added automatic content filters and a new warning system for people who violate the guidelines of applications. In 2025, Discord launched a non -profit coalition called Exhaust For an obvious purpose of developing open source children's safety tools.
The discord, like other social platforms, came across a check earlier, and the pressure seems to be only increasing. Back in 2024, California lawmakers proposed the idea of blocking children Access to algorithmic social feedsAnd only this year, Utah passed Act of age verification for applications storesDefinitely stupid way to try to guarantee the safety of children.