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  "id": 16899428,
  "title": "Discord will make some channels and messages searchable on Google",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/discord-will-make-some-channels-and-messages-searchable-on-google",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-28T12:17:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.techspot.com/news/114357-discord-make-channels-messages-searchable-google.html"
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  "summary": "Answers posted after mid-December to questions in discoverable Discord servers can appear in search results on the open web. Usernames and avatars won't appear next to the messages, and admins can already opt out of the new policy. Read Entire Article",
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        "outlet": "IGN",
        "title": "Discord Messages in Discoverable Servers Will Soon Be Searchable on Google",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/discord-messages-in-discoverable-servers-will-soon-be-searchable-on",
        "published": "2026-10-27T19:41:58.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "Discord will let public server messages be discoverable in Google Search",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/discord-will-let-public-server-messages-be-discoverable-in-google",
        "published": "2026-10-27T21:21:24.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "PC Gamer",
        "title": "Messages in certain large public Discord servers will be searchable on the web after December",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/messages-in-certain-large-public-discord-servers-will-be-searchable",
        "published": "2026-10-27T21:53:41.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Discord says it will let public-channel messages from servers listed in Server Discovery appear in web search from mid-December; admins and members can opt out (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/discord-says-it-will-let-public-channel-messages-from-servers-listed",
        "published": "2026-10-27T22:10:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Engadget",
        "title": "Discord public server messages may be soon searchable on Google, but you can opt out",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/discord-public-server-messages-may-be-soon-searchable-on-google-but",
        "published": "2026-10-27T23:04:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Lowyat.NET",
        "title": "Discord To Make Public Server Messages Discoverable On Search Engines Soon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/discord-to-make-public-server-messages-discoverable-on-search-engines",
        "published": "2026-10-28T03:21:19.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "PSA: Your Discord messages could soon show up on Google, but here’s how to opt out",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/psa-your-discord-messages-could-soon-show-up-on-google-but-heres-how",
        "published": "2026-10-28T07:55:24.000Z"
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