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Is Discord Safe for Kids?
Discord is a 13+ chat platform where kids join servers full of strangers, with voice, video, and DMs. It's a known space for grooming and scams. If your teen uses it, keep them in private, invite-only servers, enable the safety 'Family Center', and lock DM filtering to its strictest setting.
Our recommended age: 15+
Top risks parents should know
- Public servers put kids in direct contact with adult strangers.
- DMs, voice, and video enable private, hard-to-monitor contact.
- Scam links, malware, and explicit content circulate in some servers.
How to make Discord safer
- Link Discord Family Center to your teen's account.
- Keep them in small, private, invite-only servers.
- Set 'Keep me safe' DM scanning to the strictest level.
- Disable DMs from server members they don't know.
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