Discord was created in 2015 in San Francisco, as a platform for video game lovers. It has also become an alternative social network for those disenchanted with Facebook or Twitter.
Discussion forums on Discord and other platforms are considered by experts to be dens of "renegades" A 21-year-old man was arrested Thursday in the United States. He may have been involved in leaking classified documents posted on a forum called the platform's WowMao, the name of a YouTuber famous for his humorous videos.