Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he is investigating Discord after a report surfaced alleging that the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk used the messaging platform to communicate with friends about the murder.
I’m standing shoulder to shoulder with the Trump Administration to root out and defeat nihilistic violent extremism in all its forms,” Paxton said on Thursday in a new release. “Discord has chosen to allow extremist content, sexual exploitation, and addiction to flourish on its platform. It has a legal obligation to prevent minors from being exposed to these evils, but instead its actions have contributed to the growing wave of nihilistic violence all across our nation.”
Just days after Kirk’s assassination, The Washington Postsaid 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, who was charged in connection to Kirk’s death, appeared to confess to the murder via the app.
The Washington Post previously said a member of a roughly 30-person Discord chat shared screenshots of Robinson’s messages with the media outlet.
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