4d ago

New Jersey Sues Messaging App “Discord” for Unlawful Practices That Expose Kids to Child Predators and Violent, Sexual Content

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AG Platkin Sues Messaging App “Discord” for Unlawful Practices That Expose NJ Kids to Child Predators and Violent, Sexual Content - New Jersey Office of Attorney General

Discord knew its safety features and policies could not and did not protect its youthful user base, but refused to do better, the complaint alleges. In particular, Discord misled parents and kids about its safety settings for direct messages (“DMs”).

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4d ago

New Jersey Sues Messaging App “Discord” for Unlawful Practices That Expose Kids to Child Predators and Violent, Sexual Content

www.njoag.gov /ag-platkin-sues-messaging-app-discord-for-unlawful-practices-that-expose-nj-kids-to-child-predators-and-violent-sexual-content/

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Again with the clueless parents. Stop letting your children use chat apps unsupervised.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.discord
The rating here is Teen, and it tells you all over the page that you will be interacting with other users.
To my fellow millennial parents; remember the rules of the internet when you were young, every one still applies today. It didnt change just because a whole load of tech illiterates decided putting all their info on Facebook was a good idea.
Discord's job is to provide reliable services, your job is to protect your kids. You think my kids can even download discord? Fuck no. Enjoy tux paint, little one.
- It's always "think of the children" to these miserable control freaks. They'd force kids into a dungeon if they had their say in it.
  
  Its because they can't be bothered to actually rear children. An iPad is not a replacement for you singing your child to sleep, or teaching them their ABCs, or reading to them. An tablet is a short attention grabber while you are sitting in a doctor's lobby or driving somewhere. Restrict that usage to 4 hours a day at absolute max, raise it as they age. But they also won't become tech literate using one of these. It obfuscates too much. So its really just sad all around.
  
  Not very long ago, just before your time
  Right before the towers fell, circa '99
  This was catalogs, travel blogs, a chatroom or two
  We set our sights and spent our nights waiting for you
  You, insatiable you
  Mommy let you use her iPad, you were barely two
  And it did all the things we designed it to do
  Now, look at you, ha, look at you
  You, you! Unstoppable, watchable
  Your time is now, your inside's out, honey, how you grew
  And if we stick together, who knows what we'll do?
  It was always the plan to put the world in your hand
  Welcome to the internet,
  Bo Burnham
  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k1BneeJTDcU&pp=
  
  Apathy's a tragedy and boredom is a crime!
- Honestly, any parent claiming their child was harmed by an online service should be brought up on charges of neglect
  
  They want everyone to parent their kids except themselves.
- Hell yeah I used to love tux paint as a kid

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