Forced arbitration means any legal disputes you may have with Discord must be resolved through a single third party mediator, who 99% of the time is chosen by, and will rule in favor of, the corporation/Discord. This effectively removes all your legal rights as a consumer, because arbitration decisions are legally binding and non-appealable.
The new ToS goes into effect April 15th, 2024.
YOU CAN OPT OUT OF ARBITRATION. You must email arbitration-opt-out@discord.com BEFORE MAY 15TH (30 days after ToS effective date) with your username stating that you wish to opt out of the arbitration clause. Once May 15th passes you are bound to arbitration with Discord forever.
Opt-out before it’s too late.
While I appreciate how worried everyone is about there being an arbitration clause, I am tired of how many people act like this is completely new and something that discord just started doing to make their platform even worse:
Discord has had an arbitration and due process waiver in their TOS since at least May 2020: https://discord.com/terms/terms-of-service-may-2020
This is nothing new, the only reason people assume it was just added is because they don’t bother to check and because discord bumps the opt-out date every time they change the general TOS. Still go ahead and use your rights to opt out, but people need to understand that discord isn’t getting worse in this regard, discord was just always like this.