**@everyone** Discord has changed their Terms of Service!

Unfortunately, this change comes with a **revocation of your legal rights**. Discord has revoked your right to sue (you must go through an arbitrator) and to congregate as a class action lawsuit.

Luckily, there is an *opt-out* for the clause, in which **you must email** [**[email protected]**](mailto:[email protected]), but **you must do it within 30 days** or you can no longer opt-out.

**YOU CANNOT DELETE OR DEACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT TO OPT-OUT OF THE ARBITRATION CLAUSE**

You can see the added clauses for yourself here: [https://gist.github.com/Rapptz/c93697c9d59ec2f0d8071b7d0e907632](https://gist.github.com/Rapptz/c93697c9d59ec2f0d8071b7d0e907632)

I will attempt to answer some common questions. **Is this enforceable?** In the United States, **yes**. This was decided by the Supreme Court in 2011. See [https://gc.gy/7538114](https://gc.gy/7538114)

In Europe, **no**. There are many clauses, a relevant one is Article 77 of the GDPR (“Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority”).

**Why does this matter?** Without the ability to congregate for a class action lawsuit, if Discord ever leaks your data or does something catastrophically bad to a large portion of the population you have no way to representatively sue together without each of you individually suing via the arbitrator.

Please see the following article: [https://gc.gy/7538130](https://gc.gy/7538130)

Essentially:

1. Your right to file a complaint in the court of law is removed.
2. The arbitration system tends to heavily favour the company rather than the consumer.
3. Since your right to pool similar complaints together is taken away, the amount of damage you can do to a company that has wronged you significantly is limited to those who are willing to arbitrate.

**Why should I care? Other companies do it too!**

By learning about this I hope that you will be more conscious about these arbitration clauses and how anti-consumer they are. You can’t change the past, but you surely can’t predict the future either.

**What do I send in the email?**

You just have to mention somewhere that you’re opting out, no special format necessary. Note that the email has to be the one registered with your Discord account. If you want a quick message to send, just say “I am opting out” in the body of the email.

**Does opting out cause my account to be deleted or deactivated?**

**NO**. You are just exercising your legal right. There is no punishment.

**Discord sent an informal response on reddit, you can see it here:**

[**https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/9p5uyp/latest\_tos\_update\_revokes\_your\_right\_to\_sue/e7zfqw2/**](https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/9p5uyp/latest_tos_update_revokes_your_right_to_sue/e7zfqw2/)(edited)