Texas gets TRO against Discord for child safety | #childsafety | #kids | #chldern | #parents | #schoolsafey

AUSTIN, Texas – The popular online messaging platform Discord is now temporarily required to add child protection features in Texas following a court decision. 

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The new court order, announced by the AG’s office on Friday, requires Discord to mmediately reconfigure four key default settings to their most protective state for all Texas accounts: 

Discord is also required to change their language claiming safety, as well as suspend the automatic 90-day expiration of user violation records and preserve all enforcement and moderation data. It must also file a verified report within fourteen days disclosing its true default settings, the percentage of its workforce devoted to safety, and data on how easily banned users return.

A hearing on the State’s request for a temporary injunction is set for June 5, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. in Collin County District Court. 

“Discord designed a predator’s paradise, switched off the safeguards by default, and looked Texas parents in the eye and called it safe. That is not negligence. That is evil dressed up as a safety policy,” said Paxton in his Friday release. “A court ordered Discord to stop, and I will pursue this company with the full and unrelenting force of the law until every child in Texas is protected from the sick predators it invited in. Discord was warned again and again and did nothing. It will not get to ignore Texas.”

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Paxton’s office filed the suit on Friday, May 22, following his office’s investigation into the platform for “extremist” content after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

“Discord has allowed and invited all kinds of nihilistic violence and evil. My office is taking action to protect our nation’s precious children from predators,” said Paxton when announcing the litigation. “We live in a time where the dangers children face online have never been greater, and every parent in Texas deserves to know their child is protected.”