Protect your account and report suspected compromise
You are responsible for account security and must notify Discord immediately if you believe it is compromised. Passwords must be strong; unique passwords and two-factor authentication are recommended.
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You are responsible for the security of your account, and you agree to [notify us](https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360000029212) immediately if you believe your account has been compromised.
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
Harmful use includes harassment and unauthorized access
The rules prohibit harm to yourself or others, including unauthorized account access, IP infringement, exploitation, harassment, bullying, spam or automated messaging, and planning real-world harm.
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Don’t use the services to do harm to yourself or others. Among other things, this includes trying to gain access to another user’s account or any non-public portions of the services; infringing anyone else’s intellectual property rights or any other proprietary rights; exploiting, harassing, bullying, spamming, auto-messaging, or auto-dialing people through our services; and using our services to plan or cause real-world harm to someone else.
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
System abuse, unapproved scraping and resale are prohibited
The terms prohibit system attacks, scraping without written consent, commercialization of obtained content or data, malware, unauthorized modifications, payment fraud, IP misuse and abuse of reporting or support.
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Don’t use the services to do harm to Discord. Among other things, this includes trying to gain access to, intentionally overburdening, or attacking our systems; scraping our services without our written consent, including by using any robot, spider, crawler, scraper, or other automatic device, process, or software; selling, licensing, or otherwise commercializing content or data obtained from our services; transmitting viruses or other malicious code to our services; using any unauthorized software designed to modify the services; abusing or defrauding us or our payment systems; copying, dismantling, or reverse engineering any of our services or using our intellectual property without permission; and misusing our reporting or customer service mechanisms.
Security & Safeguards · Company practice
Some safety defaults cannot be disabled
Safety settings may differ by age or location and some are not optional. Discord provides family and accessibility tools.
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some may not be optional at all
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
Discord cannot contact emergency services
If someone is in immediate danger contact local law enforcement directly; Discord does not provide emergency contact functionality.
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you cannot contact law enforcement or other emergency services via our services