Discord and Meta accused of giving predators 'unfettered access' to a teen girl and failing to stop the abuse
Discord is a popular messaging platform. Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images Criminal groups allegedly groomed and abused a teen girl on Discord and Meta, a lawsuit says. The victim's case could test Section 230 liability protections on tech platforms, her lawyers say. Meta wants the case bundled with social media addiction litigation. Discord wants it dismissed. A woman alleges child abuse rings found her on Discord and Instagram as a teen, then blackmailed her into sending them nude and self-harm photos that they shared across the internet—leaving her with mental and physical scars. Now she's suing both tech companies in a case her lawyers hope will be a "watershed moment" for holding social media sites accountable, as the FBI warns parents about a rising network of online extortion groups targeting kids . The anonymous plaintiff made the allegations in a previously unreported lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court in April. The suit names three groups ...
