Discord—Discord launches Teen Safety Assist and co-founds ROOST child safety nonprofit
Discord launched Teen Safety Assist in 2023, introducing safety alerts for first-time DMs, content filters to blur sensitive media, and a warning system designed to educate rather than punish teen users. The features were developed in collaboration with child safety organization Thorn. In 2025, Discord announced its founding role in ROOST (Robust Open Online Safety Tools), a cross-industry nonprofit offering free open-source tools to detect, review, and report CSAM. Discord's Chief Legal Officer serves as ROOST board chair, and the company contributed funding, technology, and employee expertise.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Content Moderation | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| Digital Safety for Vulnerable Users | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.765 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.68)
Evidence (2 signals)
Discord co-founds ROOST nonprofit for open-source CSAM detection tools
Discord announced its founding role in ROOST (Robust Open Online Safety Tools), a cross-industry nonprofit offering free open-source tools to detect, review, and report CSAM using large language models. Discord's Chief Legal Officer Clint Smith serves as Board Chair, and Discord contributed funding, technology, and employee expertise.
Discord launches Teen Safety Assist with safety alerts and content filters developed with Thorn
Discord launched Teen Safety Assist, introducing safety alerts for first-time DMs, content filters to blur sensitive media, and a warning system for teen users. The features were developed in collaboration with child safety organization Thorn and are enabled by default for teen accounts.