Discord — Policy Change
Executive Summary
Discord published its first-ever Trust and Safety Transparency Report, covering January 1 through April 1, 2019. The report disclosed enforcement statistics for a platform of over 250 million registered users, including actions taken against servers and accounts for policy violations such as harassment, child safety, and extremism.
What Happened
On April 1, 2019, Discord published its first-ever Trust and Safety Transparency Report covering the period from January 1 through April 1, 2019. The report disclosed that Discord's Trust and Safety team receives over a thousand reports daily and more than seven thousand reports weekly for violations of Community Guidelines, totaling approximately 52,400 reports during the three-month period. The report detailed enforcement statistics across multiple categories including harassment, child safety, threatening behavior, and other policy violations on a platform with over 250 million registered users.
Who Is Affected
All Discord users are affected by this transparency initiative, as the report covers enforcement actions taken against servers and accounts across the entire platform. Users who submitted the 52,400 reports during this period, as well as those who were subject to enforcement actions for policy violations, are directly impacted. The report affects the broader Discord community of over 250 million registered users by providing visibility into how the platform handles policy violations.
Why It Matters
This represents Discord's first public accounting of trust and safety enforcement actions, establishing a precedent for ongoing transparency reporting on the platform. The disclosure of enforcement statistics across categories like harassment, doxxing, malware, and exploitative content provides users with information about how their reports are handled and what actions Discord takes against policy violations. The report serves as an accountability mechanism, allowing users to understand the scale of enforcement activity and decision-making processes on a platform with hundreds of millions of users.
What You Should Do
Review Discord's Community Guidelines and the categories outlined in the Transparency Report to understand what types of behavior can be reported. If you encounter policy violations on Discord, submit reports through the Help Center using the appropriate category such as harassment, threatening behavior, doxxing, or other violations. Familiarize yourself with the reporting process so you can effectively seek help from Discord's Trust and Safety team when needed.
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