Nevada filed a lawsuit against Discord on Tuesday, becoming the latest state to target the popular social media platform.
The online gaming site has become a widely used messaging app in the United States, including among 37% of people aged 18 to 34. Discord is now the target of investigations or lawsuits by multiple states, including Florida, Texas, and New Jersey, due to concerns that it has been harnessed to carry out violence and that the platform has failed to shut down sexual predators active on the site.
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Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, who is running for governor, said this week that he is bringing the lawsuit against Discord due to allegations that it is refusing to block sexual predators from exploiting children. Discord failed to enforce the platform’s minimum age requirement, amounting to repeated violations of the Nevada Deceptive Trade Practices Act, according to Ford’s office.
“My office’s investigation has revealed that Discord’s lack of age verification, hands-off approach to moderation and account banning, and refusal to limit online interactions between children and adult strangers has made Discord the go-to chat option for child abusers, including in Nevada,” the Democratic attorney general said in a statement announcing the lawsuit, filed in Clark County District Court.
“If a platform is marketed as a fun place for kids to game and chat with each other, it is the responsibility of that platform to not let adults pretend to be children and create an unsafe space for youth,” Ford continued.
Several other states have filed lawsuits or launched investigations into Discord over similar accusations, as well as concerns about the platform being used to plan acts of violence. Scrutiny was heightened after the suspect accused of assassinating Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk last year appeared to confess to the shooting in a Discord chat, sparking an FBI investigation into the platform. Concerns that Discord is fomenting online radicalization also prompted congressional intervention, with House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and House Homeland Security Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) requesting more details from the platform about its policies.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced, following Kirk’s assassination last fall, that the state would investigate Discord over concerns it is allowing extremist content to “flourish” on its platform. Paxton said the inquiry would also look into accusations that the site is addictive and exposes minors to sexual exploitation.
“Discord has chosen to allow extremist content, sexual exploitation, and addiction to flourish on its platform,” Paxton said in October 2025. “It has a legal obligation to prevent minors from being exposed to these evils, but instead its actions have contributed to the growing wave of nihilistic violence all across our nation.”
New Jersey filed a lawsuit against Discord last April, alleging the platform failed to protect underage users from sexual predators, harassment, and violent content.
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Florida, in March, launched a civil investigation into Discord over concerns it has increasingly been identified as a service that predators use to communicate with children and distribute and collect child sexual abuse material.
“Many of our criminal investigations into internet child predators lead to one place: Discord,” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said. “Groomers and predators seem to believe that they can get away with targeting children on Discord—and we are going to find out why. Discord owes us an explanation on the overwhelming use of its platform among predators, and what they are doing to protect children.”
