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Discord Child Grooming
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About
Discord Child Grooming refers to an ongoing controversy surrounding the activity of child groomers on the Discord communication app. Starting in 2019, the presence of child groomers on Discord has been a subject of investigations and news reports and has been a recurring subject of memes on Twitter, iFunny and Instagram.
Origin
On January 29th, 2019, Forbes[1][2] reported the presence of child groomers on the gamer-oriented communication app Discord. The article reported that certain Discord groups "dedicated to cybercriminal activity" were being investigated by the FBI.
U.S. cops are also warning about a handful of cases in which the chat app has been adopted by groomers to target children susceptible to online coercion.
On February 3rd, 2019, Twitter[3] user @MrTempestilene posted a screenshot of Forbes' tweet, a screenshot of an email sent out by a Discord employee TinyFeex, and an OwO tweet by Discord's twitter account, writing "Fellas, I'm going back to Skype." In a series of follow-up tweets, @MrTempestience accused Discord employees of allowing furry child porn on the platform, with other users[4] also reporting witnessing illegal activities on the app. The exchange sparked massive response on Twitter, spawning the #ChangeDiscord campaign.
Spread
In the following months, the presence of child groomers and child grooming servers on Discord was extensively covered by a number of publications, including articles by The Wall Street Journal,[5] Newsweek[6] and the New York Times.[7]
On social media, the topic of child grooming and other illegal activity happening on Discord servers, as well as the Discord staff perceivably ignoring the issues, has been a subject of both viral debate and memes. For example, on November 15th, 2019, Twitter[8] user @CherryGuts quoted a No, I Don't Think I Will meme posted by Discord, writing “discord can you please delete the furry grooming server?”. The tweet received over 700 retweets and 5,700 likes (shown below, left). On January 31st, 2020, Twitter[9] user @Chaibody posted a screenshot of a Big Chungus tweet by the Discord's official Twitter account, writing "asked them to delete the underage grooming servers and they sent me this." The post gained over 3,200 retweets and 29,100 likes (shown below, right).
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External References
[1] Forbes – Discord: The $2 Billion Gamer's Paradise Coming To Terms With Data Thieves, Child Groomers And FBI Investigators
[2] Internet Archive – @Forbes
[3] Internet Archive – @MrTempestilence
[5] The Wall Street Journal – The Dark Side of Discord, Your Teen’s Favorite Chat App
[6] Newsweek – DISCORD COMES UNDER FIRE FOR ALLEGED MODERATOR ABUSE AND FURRY CORRUPTION
[7] The New York Times – Video Games and Online Chats Are ‘Hunting Grounds’ for Sexual Predators
[8] Twitter – @CherryGuts
[9] Twitter – @Chainbody
