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Discord Expands Family Center With Weekly Activity Views and New Parent Controls

The opt-in rollout responds to mounting legal, regulatory pressure.

Overview

  • Guardians get seven-day views of total purchases, call minutes across DMs, groups, and servers, plus the top five users and servers a teen interacts with most.
  • New controls let parents limit who can DM a teen, switch on sensitive-content filters, and manage data and personalized ad settings.
  • Message content remains private, and guardian alerts on teen reports disclose only that a report was filed without sharing details.
  • Participation is voluntary: teens link accounts via QR code and must approve the connection, with teens seeing the same dashboard data as guardians.
  • The features are rolling out over the next week, with more safety updates planned early next year; the push follows lawsuits and a New Jersey AG suit challenging Discord’s safety claims.