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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.


Temp @MrTempestilence Fellas, I'm going back to Skype. O Otter Boi @bangers... 12h Owo DiscordO @discordapp Replying to @nldoty Double knotting is the way we do not consider "e to be a violation of i Terms or Guidelin The FBI is investigating Discord, a $2 billion chat app, for a cybercrime problem and a possible emerging issue with child grooming on forbes.com/6015EUJ41 27 3 11 O Otter Boi Retweeted Discord O @discordapp Replying to @bangers_ntrash Pieacpbintod Owo SURPRISED 3:34 PM : 03 Feh 19 : Ruffer. 7:18 AM - 3 Feb 2019 Temp @MrTempestilence · 7h Side note: apparently the person in the second screenshot is @TinyFeex? If someone could get their reasoning for why they think Discord should allow cub p--- that would be great. twitter.com/NekoPatrol69/s. This Tweet is unavailable. 55 Temp @MrTempestilence · 5h Also, apparently another Discord employee, @theotherredfox, confirms this stance, as well as the rest of the Discord's Trust and Safety team? So apparently a large chunk of @Discord is run by people that allow furry child p--- on their site? H--------. twitter.com/KindKabsCorner. This Tweet is unavailable. 67 Temp @MrTempestilence · 5h I also want to note that /u/allthefoxes has a pretty interesting past on reddit. Used to be a moderator of /r/pics, /r/self and some other fairly large subreddits, defended Ellen Pao, defended Unidan and lead a strike against reddit admins while a /r/pics mod. t7 3 37
Temp @MrTempestilence · 2h Okay, now this is insane. This guy reported a Discord furry server for ACTUAL zoophilia and b---------, and the Discord admins dismissed it as "mass reporting" because he also got his friends to report it. Read the thread he made here: CHEW(Daniel) @Chewwwy3 Replying to @Chewwwy3 @MrTempestilence and 3 others Discord telling me not to mass report screenshots: Also hid my email/name cause it's embarrassing. 27 27 92 Temp @MrTempestilence · 2h If any of you can find out who this "trek" is it would be greatly appreciated. 27 5 60 Temp @MrTempestilence · 2h And let me repeat this for those of you that don't understand: THERE IS 100% PROOF THAT DISCORD IS KNOWLINGLY LETTING PEOPLE POST ILLEGAL CONTENT (ZOOPHILIA & B---------) ON THEIR SITE. THEY ALSO LET PEOPLE POST CUB P---. FBI IS INVESTING SERVERS FOR CHILD GROOMING. DO THE МАТН. 18 17 137 320 Chew(Daniel) @Chewwwy3 Replying to @MrTempestilence @Discordapp and 2 others Today I reported a server and got others to report it cause it had people talking about having sex with animals and posting actual animal p--- and gifs of dogs having sex with men, but I got an email hours later telling me not to participate in mass reporting. That's Discord. 7:27 PM · Feb 3, 2019 · Twitter for Android

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).


ワニノコ @CherryGuts "discord can you please delete the furry grooming server?" Discord @discord · Nov 14, 2019 No, I don't think i will 11:04 AM - Nov 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone bomboclaat @Chainbody asked them to delete the underage grooming servers and they sent me this Discord O @discordapp Replying to @finbob18 IT'S A CHUNGU!! No but actually, known issue and we're looking into it haha. Sorry! Actually...not that sorry. This is pretty hilariously awesome imo 1:13 PM · Jan 31, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

Various Examples


+Xeziant Again @bb_jeremiah Replying to @EIlbobXD Discord mods climbing out of their goblin pits to groom any 13 year old who was unfortunate enough to be active at the time 4:16 AM · Apr 28, 2020 · Twitter Web App SwolRadguy | I just wanna drill off my characters @WackoTaro2 Discord Staff ignoring the children being groomed on Discord Servers @bombantaclaat · Mar 18 bomboclaat 0:10 33.7M views 12:44 PM · Apr 7, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone Alberto Robert @ManParticle mal TURTLE ON DISCORD WHO WILL HE GROOM O aj is playing dq11 and semi liveposting @littlerunmo · Apr 20 WOAHHHHHHH TURTLE USING DISCORD Show this thread 9:37 PM · Apr 20, 2020 · Twitter Web App
Me after a long day of grooming underage boys in my discord server Baby Monkey after joining the child grooming discord server When no one is grooming minors on discord r'i do it myself.

Search Interest

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

[4] Twitter – @Chewwwy3

[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

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Child grooming online definitely isn't a Discord-exclusive issue, but their unwillingness to even try to control it is inexcusable, in my opinion. Even when users are reported for issues, they seem to drag their feet on actually handling them.

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