Tell Discord it’s Time to PREVENT Sextortion

What started as a gamer chat app has become a pipeline for grooming, coercion, and sextortion. Predators lure minors from other platforms to Discord, using DMs, video calls, and private servers to escalate abuse and share child sexual abuse material. Organized sextortion networks even use Discord to recruit victims and coordinate crimes. Despite being named five times on NCOSE’s Dirty Dozen List, facing lawsuits, and testifying before lawmakers, Discord continues to rely on users to report abuse, leaving high-risk spaces largely unchecked. Promised “teen-by-default” safety settings have been delayed, raising fears protections will be weak or symbolic. Discord must act now—fully implement teen-by-default safeguards, enforce policies proactively, and stop being a playground for sexual exploitation.