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Discord, Twitch, 4Chan and more to be investigated in wake of Buffalo terror attack

By Rich Stanton published 19 May 22

news "Time and time again, we have seen the real-world devastation that is borne of these dangerous and hateful platforms."

Discord's new Party Mode may take a slice of your CPU

By Hope Corrigan published 17 May 22

news Turns out confetti is a CPU intensive decoration.

New York governor demands social media platforms do more to stop terror attack livestreams

By Andy Chalk published 16 May 22

news The killings of 10 people in Buffalo, New York over the weekend was planned on Discord and streamed on Twitch.

Please stop making Discord servers for things that shouldn't be Discord servers

By Lauren Morton published 16 May 22

Discordant I need everyone to stop making servers for game mods and wikis and indie games.

Texas law allows users to sue Facebook and Twitter for 'censoring' their views

By Andy Chalk published 13 May 22

news A federal appeals court has lifted an injunction against HB20, which has the potential to throw online moderation rules into chaos.

The state of Discord in 2022: Gaming takes a backseat to forums

By Morgan Park published 14 April 22

GO LIVE In 2022, it's clear Discord doesn't belong to gamers anymore.

Hackers target top NFT Discord bots to rob users of their cryptocurrency

By Katie Wickens published 4 April 22

news These top NFT Discord channels have confirmed hackers attempted to trick users with phishing scams.

Discord is coming back online after nearly 3 hours

By Wes Fenlon published 8 March 22

News The latest outage follows a brief one in February, and an extended outage in January.

Discord bans 'anti-vaccination content' and 'misleading' Covid-19 information

By Tyler Wilde published 25 February 22

news A new Discord rule prohibits unsupported medical claims that are "likely to cause physical or societal harm."

A computer screen with program code warning of a detected malware script program. 3d illustration

Devious malware hosted on Discord pretends to be Windows 11 installer

By Jacob Ridley published 14 February 22

News A dodgy Windows 11 installer has been spotted trying to expose personal information to hackers.

The best Discord settings and tips in 2022

By Morgan Park published 3 February 22

BEST PRACTICE How to get the most out of Discord.

Discord integration for PlayStation is out which is great for our cross-play pals

By Mollie Taylor published 1 February 22

News Now you can stalk your mates' game activity across PC, Xbox and PlayStation.

New Discord feature enables server owners to charge monthly subscription fees

By Andy Chalk published 7 December 21

news Premium Memberships will enable creators to put some or all of their server behind a subscription paywall.

How to turn off Discord's annoying 'Snowsgiving' alert sounds

By Morgan Park published 7 December 21

NEWS Discord's festive sound effects should be off by default now.

Get an extra month of Discord Nitro when you sub over the holiday weekend

By Natalie Clayton published 22 November 21

The Buy-One-Get-One Nitro deal lasts until December 3rd.

Discord hackers distribute malware that can stay persistent for months

Discord details how it fights spammers in a 'never-ending game of cat and mouse'

By Rich Stanton published 17 November 21

news How it currently defines it, categorises it, and acts.

Discord walks back NFT and cryptocurrency plans

By Mollie Taylor, Tyler Colp published 11 November 21

News The Discord CEO said it has "no plans" to ship the feature.

Discord teases NFT integration and people are pissed

By Tyler Colp published 9 November 21

News A Tweet from the CEO suggests the app might support NFTs soon.

Discord is testing official YouTube integration

By Andy Chalk published 22 September 21

news A new feature called "Watch Together" is reportedly available on a very small number of servers.

Discord funding round values it at an eye-popping $15 billion

By Rich Stanton published 16 September 21

news That's two Bethesdas.

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