kuontom@kbin.social to Technology@kbin.social · edit-21 year agoDiscord bans AI-generated child sex abuse material and teen dating serverswww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: news_us@lemmy.link
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkDiscord bans AI-generated child sex abuse material and teen dating serverswww.nbcnews.comkuontom@kbin.social to Technology@kbin.social · edit-21 year agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news_us@lemmy.link
The policy changes come after an NBC News investigation last month into child safety on the platform.
minus-squarekuontom@kbin.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoSee 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
minus-squareMadbrad200@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoThey’ve always infested chat services unfortunately.
minus-squareMic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoYup. 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.
minus-squarePandantic@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoWhen I was a kid, it was MSN chat rooms.
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
They’ve always infested chat services unfortunately.
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.
When I was a kid, it was MSN chat rooms.