https://www.newsweek.com/discord-furries-terms-service-community-guidelines-1323099 http://archive.li/vLmw3
"The platform, launched in May 2015, now faces scrutiny over allegations of illegal activity.
Forbes reported that the FBI is investigating whether the chat application has been used as a marketplace for stolen items (including online passwords and accounts) hacking tips and even child grooming (befriending a minor online to persuade them into sexual abuse)."
"In the midst of all this public turmoil, Discord has seen an internal scandal rise: site moderators who fail to enforce the platform’s rules because of personal bias, specifically among moderators and community members who identify as Furries. A #ChangeDiscord movement on social media grew once users learned that some moderators, in violation of their own code of conduct, selectively banned communities that shared sexually suggestive art depicting minors."
"In late January 2019, a user on the Discord subreddit posted a conversation they had with a platform
admin known as TinyFeex. In the emails, TinyFeex argues that “cub” content is not in violation of Discord’s terms of service. “Cub” is a term used in the furry community for underage members, with “cub play” being used to describe sexually explicit acts. Discord users cried foul in the comments, and soon subreddit admins deleted the post and pinned a response from Discord Trust and Safety mod karrdian.
“There is some overlap between ‘cub’ and loli,’ karrdian wrote. “There is also some segment of ‘cub’ art that is not, in fact, human or humanlike at all, but instead, for example, mythological creatures. This content is significantly greyer, which is why there isn't a blanket ban on all content that could conceivably fall under the umbrella.”
Furries and Discord
Users began to share their interactions with the Terms of Service team at Discord. Twitter user MrTempestilence posted a Twitter thread February 3 detailing a wide range of accusations from
instances of zoophilia on Discord to moderators allowing “cub play.” Once these tweets started to gain traction and soon after Discord’s “gay zoo and feral” community was shut down."
"A “#ChangeDiscord” hashtag spread on social media as more users shared their experiences with the moderation team. Monroe and MrTempestSilence claimed that a Discord Terms of Service moderator, known as allthefoxes and an alleged furry himself, was the one who first created the “cub” policy to protect his favored community (a Discord representative did not respond to these claims)."
"One YouTuber cited by Monroe was QuackityHQ, whose content centers around encouraging his fans to “raid” video games like
Animal Jam (think a flash mob inside a video game), commentary videos and TikTok reacts. Quackity’s Discord account was banned on January 1 for violating a ToS regarding "raids" on Discord. Quackity claims he violated no such rule, as
Animal Jam isn't a part of Discord. Instead, he believes that he was banned for a video he made that mocked people on a furry roleplay server.
“I googled the moderator’s name...their bio clearly stated they were a part of the ‘furry’ community and after checking their following list, I found out that many of the Discord Trust and Safety team members had this same information in their bios,” Quackity told Newsweek."
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