AUSTIN, July 24 -- The Texas Attorney General issued the following press release:
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.
For years, Discord assured Texas parents that its platform was "safe by design" and "safe by default." The evidence at the TI hearing told a different story. Currently, anyone in Texas, including children and adult predators seeking to ...