Chat Site With Pedophile Problem Unveils New ‘Voice Dares’ Feature — Instantly Gets Called Out

A chat site facing lawsuits over child predators announced a new method of voice communication on X Thursday — and it did not receive a warm welcome.

Discord, a platform that allows strangers to form private chat rooms, is developing a “Voice Dares” feature letting users “challenge your friends in your voice channel to complete a task” such as winning a video game, according to Discord’s posts. Numerous commentson Xraisedconcerns that the feature could add fuel to the fire of child abuse on Discord, a problem that has brought years of federalprosecutions, congressional scrutiny and litigation from the state of New Jersey