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Discord support breach may have exposed photo IDs for millions of users

Ryan Christoffel Oct 8 2025 - 12:07 pm PT

Late last week, Discord reported on a breach that happened recently related to its third-party customer support partner, Zendesk. But new information indicates the stolen data could be worse than originally thought, including millions of government photo IDs.

Update 1: Zendesk sent the following statement: “Our investigation indicates this incident did not arise from a vulnerability within Zendesk’s platform. Zendesk’s own systems were not compromised.”

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Discord using AI face scans for age-verification in two specific scenarios

Ben Lovejoy Apr 17 2025 - 6:59 am PT

We’re currently seeing growing concern about the potentially harmful impact of things like social media usage by kids and teens, with many states and countries enacting laws to address this. Discord has responded by starting to use a mix of AI-powered face scans and ID checks in two specific scenarios …

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Discord introduces button to ignore people without them knowing

Filipe Espósito Feb 10 2025 - 3:44 pm PT

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As part of the Safer Internet Day 2025 awareness campaign, the popular messaging platform Discord announced on Monday a new feature that will help users ignore other people without them knowing. With just a button, you can now easily mute someone on Discord.

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Discord end-to-end encryption rolling out today for audio and video calls

Ben Lovejoy Sep 18 2024 - 3:49 am PT

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Discord end-to-end encryption (E2EE) is rolling out today for both audio and video calls. You can update to the latest mobile and desktop apps to get access to the privacy protection today.

There are, however, some exceptions to strong encryption, which result from a mix of technical limitations and Discord policy …

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Senate hearing on social media: Zuckerberg apologises to families; bizarre racism

Ben Lovejoy Feb 1 2024 - 5:51 am PT

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The Senate hearing on social media saw Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologise to families who hold social media responsible for children who harmed themselves, including some who took their own lives.

It also saw some bizarre racism by one senator who apparently can’t tell the difference between Singapore and China …

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Social media CEOs testifying to congress on teen safety

Ben Lovejoy Jan 30 2024 - 5:58 am PT

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The timing of Meta’s announcement of new teen safety measures earlier this week likely wasn’t coincidental: Mark Zuckerberg and other social media CEOs are set to testify to Congress on the topic.

Facebook’s founder will be joined by the chief execs of TikTok, Snap, Discord and X as Congress seeks to determine whether the companies are doing enough to protect teens from harm …

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Teenage social media addiction lawsuits can proceed, rules judge

Ben Lovejoy Nov 15 2023 - 5:11 am PT

The First Amendment doesn’t protect developers from lawsuits alleging that apps like Instagram and TikTok led to social media addiction among teenagers, a US district judge has ruled …

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Discord Teen Safety Assist initiative aims to make the app a safer place

Ben Lovejoy Oct 20 2023 - 6:40 am PT

A new Discord Teen Safety Assist initiative is aiming to make the group chat platform a safer place for teenage users – in part, replicating an iMessage feature announced by Apple two years ago …

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Discord voice channels now have their own chat rooms

Allison McDaniel Jun 1 2022 - 10:31 am PT

Discord is making it easier to share messages with others through its new feature, Text Chat in Voice Channels. This new tool is a Zoom-like text chat feature specifically for Discord voice channels. With this, users can drop a link, text, GIF, emoji, in the chat during their video calls.

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Discord app now runs natively on Apple Silicon

Allison McDaniel Mar 22 2022 - 8:48 am PT

Back in November, Discord entered beta testing for its macOS app, a version called Discord Canary, on Apple Silicon. According to Reddit users, the digital messaging app has now exited its four-month long beta. This means the Discord Canary app can properly support Macs using the M1 chip or later.

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PSA: Discord facing ‘major outage,’ service slowly coming back online

Chance Miller Jan 26 2022 - 12:20 pm PT

If you’re trying to use the popular messaging and communications app Discord, you might have issues this afternoon. The company reports that it is suffering from a “major outage” that has taken the service offline for all users.

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Discord announces premium membership; Facebook unveils ‘Professional Mode’

Staff Writer Dec 8 2021 - 7:59 am PT

As social media platforms try to find new ways to engage with creators, Discord announced a new premium membership subscription while Facebook is testing a professional mode for Profiles.

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Discord working on update for its macOS app to run natively on M1, now available in beta

Filipe Espósito Nov 26 2021 - 3:48 pm PT

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The popular gamer-focused messaging platform “Discord” is finally working on an update for its macOS app that brings full support to Macs with M1 chip and later. Although the update is not yet officially available to the public, it can be downloaded as a beta app for now.

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Discord launches long-awaited Threads feature on iOS and Mac

Staff Writer Jul 27 2021 - 9:11 am PT

After introducing the Replies function last fall, Discord is now launching a new Threads feature to keep the conversation more organized in big channels.

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Discord announces Stage Discovery feature to help users find social audio rooms

Staff Writer May 13 2021 - 9:20 am PT

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To celebrate its sixth birthday, Discord has unveiled a new feature to make it easier to find social audio rooms. The app is also getting a new logo, as well as a Threads feature for improved conversations.

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