Discord

Data sharing

NO FTC ACTION FOUND: an earlier draft cited a '$49 million FTC settlement (2023)', but no FTC case against Discord appears in the FTC legal library and the only source was a low-quality site; that claim has been removed. STATE AG LITIGATION (allegations): New Jersey's AG sued in April 2025 alleging Discord misled parents about its safety controls and 'actively chose not to' verify users' ages (with a COPPA-based theory under the NJ Consumer Fraud Act); Texas sued May 22, 2026 and obtained an agreed temporary injunction (July 24, 2026) requiring UK-style age assurance and teen safety defaults; Nevada, Indiana and Arkansas have also sued. Age verification remains effectively symbolic — children under 13 can create accounts simply by lying about their age, with no meaningful verification in place, and default privacy settings for ALL users (not just minors) are alleged to be weak. Private litigation includes individual WRONGFUL DEATH suits — e.g., on Feb. 19, 2026 the parents of a 13-year-old who died by suicide in 2022 sued Discord in Pierce County, Washington, alleging the platform enabled exploitation by the '764' network and 'deliberately understaffs and under-resources its safety and response team' (unproven allegations) — among the most severe harm categories found anywhere in this audit. Privacy class actions have also been reported but were not individually verified this pass. SEPARATE DATA INCIDENT (Discord's own notice to the California AG, dated Nov. 24, 2025): a third party accessed Discord's customer-service platform through a compromised vendor device between Sept. 20 and 22, 2025 (discovered Sept. 25); exposed data could include names, contact details, usernames, dates of birth, photos of driver's licenses or other government-issued IDs where users had provided them, limited payment information (payment type, last four card digits, purchase/refund history), IP addresses, and messages and attachments sent to support or Trust & Safety agents. Discord offered 12 months of Experian credit monitoring.