Florida AG sues Discord over child safety, calls platform a public nuisance

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sued Discord, alleging it misled parents about child safety and created a public nuisance. The suit seeks to bar the platform from operating without real age verification and asks for civil penalties of up to $10,000 per willful violation and up to $50,000 per violation of Florida's child online safety law.

• Claims include negligence, negligent misrepresentation and public nuisance
• Penalties of up to $10,000 and up to $50,000 per violation
• AG seeks real age verification and parental consent for children's data
• More than 2,100 child predators arrested in the state since Uthmeier took office