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Texas forces Discord to implement UK-style age verification and safety rules


Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a landmark Agreed Temporary Injunction (“TI”) against Discord that requires the tech company to give Texas children the same age-assurance and default safety protections it already provides to its users in the United Kingdom. Discord has 90 days to turn them on for every Texas user, and the order sets a new standard for what Big Tech companies can expect when they do business in this state.

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