Discord is a popular platform where teens connect over shared interests. But its open setup can expose them to strangers, bullying, and inappropriate content. Using privacy settings, tools like ...

Discord, a platform that launched in 2015 but blew up during the pandemic, offers spaces for young transgender people to connect online. (Photo: Illustration: Jianan Liu/HuffPost Art Direction: ...

New Jersey filed a lawsuit against Discord on Thursday, alleging that the social platform recklessly exposed children to “harassment, abuse, and sexual exploitation by predators who lurk on the ...

SAN DIEGO — The holidays mean different things for some teens – more time at home, less structure, more time connecting with friends or gaming while school’s out. As screen time rises this time of ...

New usernames aren’t the only change coming to the popular chat app Discord, now used by 150 million people every month. The company is also testing a suite of parental controls that would allow for ...

Two new lawsuits filed in Los Angeles and Riverside counties accuse the popular online platforms of creating an unsafe environment for children.

Discord, a voice and text-based communications platform near-ubiquitous among gamers, is a communications marvel, but a logistics nightmare. Individual servers can teem with tens, hundreds or ...

For young transgender people who don’t live in cities with active LGBTQIA+ havens — or those who face danger for even presenting as queer in any way — online spaces such as Discord have been a ...