This article focuses on member safety!
As a reminder, we direct you to our Safety Guide for essential tips on staying secure online. If you or someone you know is a victim of misconduct, please report to a person or institution you trust. For any incidents occurring within the army community, please reach out directly to an Administrator for assistance.
Club Penguin Armies is an organization with many relevant Discord servers that portray themselves as armies. As a result, a new question arises: What is it that these armies do for user safety? In a time when safety is important, we explore the actions undertaken by various army authorities.
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In the ancient days of Club Penguin, xat was the most widely used social platform for army-based communication. More recently, Discord has become the new stronghold for armies. This change was driven by the fact that xat was outdated and lost its security over time. For communities in and out of Club Penguin, millions of users entrust Discord, an app run by an active institution. Therefore, armies have permanently settled in their Discord servers, agreeing to the app’s Terms of Service.
But switching to Discord never meant that user safety was a solved problem. Scandals and controversial events have been a popular subject in the Club Penguin private server era. As a result, it cannot be said with certainty whether armies are creating a completely safe space for their members. In May 2026, Club Penguin Armies introduced its Safety Guide to advise users against wrongful acts. Previously, former Administrator Mchappy wrote his own version of Internet safety. Even earlier, in 2021, Jack283 published his version of the same topic.
A glimpse of the CPA Safety Guide, featuring a section on manipulation and blackmail
There are many examples from the CPPS era where there were big lapses in user safety. These include the Dark Vikings scandal in 2023 and the Special Weapons and Tactics controversy earlier in 2022. More recently, in late 2025, the Rebel Penguin Federation had set a dangerous example by allowing troublemakers within their staff team.
What Armies Should Do
1. Automoderation options: For the longest time, armies have been relying on logic-based automoderation guided by Discord bots. Some also utilize Discord’s built-in automoderation features that were introduced later in the CPPS era. Recently, Discord bots have been offering AI-powered automoderation, which could be a successor to logic-based automoderation. However, there have been incidents where AI is unable to moderate messages effectively. Some new Discord bots also support protection against raids and defacements.
2. Reading material for staff members: Armies have provided manually written guidebooks for their staff members. These instruct them on what to do when something bad transpires. Staff members should be tested for their knowledge on various moderation topics occasionally.
3. Reporting system: Armies that offer a reporting system, with support for anonymity, are reasonably more credible. Such a system lets victims speak up and provide evidence without judgement. For such a system to work, anonymous reporting should be enabled while ensuring each report is transparent to the right people.
4. Trust and distrust: Discord server defacements are not extremely rare. Moderators should be chosen with both trust and distrust. The permissions provided to people with authority in an army should be limited to what they really need. They do not need to force a promotion based on the quality of an individual alone; whether they are honest is an important factor as well.
5. Cooperation with individuals outside your system: If leaders discover individuals causing harm in a way that the army community does not accept, the Administration should be reached out to. Recently, Administrators at CPA introduced a leader-only notice board that lists dangerous individuals. Moreover, leaders across different armies should cooperate in dealing with safety matters, irrespective of whether the leaders are political rivals.
We spoke with Club Penguin Armies Administrator Jojo Teri to learn more about what the Administration does for the safety of all members in the organization’s Discord server and the wider army community. He responded…
Internet safety is a very important aspect when being in an online community. Especially in one like the army community where new people join all the time through recruiting you never know who the newcomers will be. With recruiting being random, in the newcomers mixture there can be individuals who could put others in danger. CPA on its own can’t do much to ensure that the armies themselves are safe. As far as the organization’s Discord server goes, dangerous individuals are removed and not allowed in it. In addition, a new feature was recently added, where those dangerous individuals, along with what they did that warranted a removal, are announced to the Army Leaders and partnered organisations in an attempt to ensure a community-wide ban. CPA can pressure armies if they attempt to shelter harmful individuals. The potential available pressure CPA can put in armies is limited. It includes Top Ten deductions at first, with removal from tournaments and eventual exclusion from the community depending on the length and severity of the army’s (in)action. A punishment from CPA will be ineffective if the other armies themselves don’t follow along. CPA has also posted a Safety Guide in the website to help people who need some advice on how they can protect themselves better online, while also reminding online rules to the community from times to times.
Lastly, CPA also reached out to army leaders from different armies to understand their version of user safety among armies.
What safety measures has your army incorporated concerning potential threats?
Daniel, Army of Club Penguin Leader: Well, we have a verification channel that can go into lockdown to prevent any type of raid. In any case, we also have various measures in place that immediately activate in case a raid does go through to stop it. When someone gets hacked, we instantly make people aware of it so they don’t get hacked by the same account and that account is kicked from the server. We constantly spread awareness in chats so people avoid being hacked as well. In addition, we do have an Internet Safety Guide.
Escot, Water Vikings Leader: Safety measures WV has implemented have been communicating with those involved within said situation, looking for the safest solution to the issue at hand towards all members, and warning our community of anything bad that happens.
Fun X Time, Star Force Leader: Star Force has carefully incorporated a system to eliminate bad actors from our community. We are deeply concerned when it comes to user safety, and we take actions fairly and proportionally. When we receive a report, we have historically shown efforts to resolve it immediately. We will continue to follow this policy.
GreenVege, Shadow Legionnaires Leader: SL has a very strict policy when it comes to the individual safety of our army members. We have a team of hardworking moderators who surveil the chat and immediately punish by report/kick or a ban, depending upon the severity of the problem, such as self-doxing (photos), which are immediately deleted, and a warning is issued. Server members are encouraged to use 2FA to avoid problems, and sharing of accounts is strictly prohibited in our server now. SL also provides a safe space for users. We have a zero tolerance policy on racism, sexism, NSFW, and ableism and drug usage and talks, which result in a ban automatically. SL focuses more on the emotional well-being of our troops, and we have always stood by them when they need us, after all we are more like a family.
Julia, Dark Warriors Leader: Everyone has been getting hacked recently.. stuff is lowkey crazy, and we’ve also had a few run-ins with people sharing private information. We as an army do our best to make sure people know their rights, like how you can block someone you’re uncomfortable with, how you don’t even need to talk to someone, and then ofc how to keep your information safe online!
Sheriff, Aliens Leader: Aliens has incorporated loads of safety features. We’ve got a verification chat so any known bad actors or those acting strangely can be stopped before they get access to the main chat.
We also have the built in Discord filters, so we have no slurs in our chat.
We also have a ticket system allowing troops to privately reach out to the staff team for safety concerns (which has proved useful!)
Last example, we have special channels where the staff can reach out to leaders privately if they believe a staff is showing suspicious/dangerous behaviour.
Yellow Typer, Fire Vikings Leader: Having a verification system.
Have you trained your staff members to deal with safety issues?
Daniel, Army of Club Penguin Leader: ACP staff know how to act swiftly when someone’s account has been taken over.
Escot, Water Vikings Leader: Yes, we have trained our staff team on how to deal with safety measures through our teachings.
Fun X Time, Star Force Leader: Certainly! Star Force has a designated section on moderation for training newly inducted staff members. Apart from that, a staff guidebook we use also covers information on handling the security of members online. Occasionally, we also send reminders on certain topics of user safety. In addition, Staff-in-Training require giving a test before advancing to a higher position in the army. This test includes questions related to user safety.
GreenVege, Shadow Legionnaires Leader: We have made a few announcements on how accounts get hacked, and how to deal with them, especially with the Mr Beast scam going on currently. Our staff members are well-trained on how to tackle such issues.
Julia, Dark Warriors Leader: As best as we can. Though our staff are pretty good when it comes to internet safety. One thing I’m really proud of them for is, when DW does have a threat, we reach out to other army communities to share and ensure they can take action if they wish.
Sheriff, Aliens Leader: Of course! All staff members in Aliens during their training are shown the basics of chat and voice moderation, guided through the rules of both staff and server, and reminded how to stay safe online. HCOMs and Leaders always have their DMs open if the staff are unsure how to handle a situation
Yellow Typer, Fire Vikings Leader: Yup! I’m still training the new SiTs as well with a series of tests and stuff like that.
Would you like to address the community regarding army safety in general?
Daniel, Army of Club Penguin Leader: Make sure you maintain good practices when being online, and spread awareness about them as well. You never know when you could be the target of attacks.
Escot, Water Vikings Leader: Pay attention carefully to anything around you, especially surrounding internet safety, because it’s the main thing on Discord and in every single army.
Fun X Time, Star Force Leader: The army community has been under great risk lately. Although the number of scandals is lower than what it was a few months back, user safety is still an important agenda that all armies should continue to acknowledge. A penguin game does not need to be this controversial! In many other games, esports clans or teams have shown excellent sportsmanship. If kindness and such sportsmanship reach the army community en masse, then the community would surely become a better place.
GreenVege, Shadow Legionnaires Leader: Honestly, I’m very new to the army community, and as of now, I’ve heard enough about it, and honestly, it’s very concerning. Doxxing, hate speech, racism, and pedophilia still exist, which is unacceptable in a community centered around a kids’ game. All I would say is if leaders, staff, and members work together to report misconduct, enforce standards, and look out for one another, we can build a safer and more welcoming environment for everyone.
Julia, Dark Warriors Leader: Historically, CPA has not been the most… safe community. Ain’t nobody gonna deny that. But I’d argue these recents years things have died down quite well. But just to the community, reminder that your actions will have consequences, and you could literally traumatize some poor kid in this community… or yourself.
Sheriff, Aliens Leader: dont doxx, dont be malicious??? youre running a group where you make shapes with virtual penguins, dont escalate it into a dangerous situation.
Yellow Typer, Fire Vikings Leader: Not really… if you don’t have anything to stop potential threats, then that’s highkey a you problem.
Armies seem to follow similar processes when it comes to user safety. Through this interview, leaders have promised the safety and security of their community, striving to build a safe space. These leaders also acknowledged the significance of infamous issues like doxxing and hate speech. Do you have any unique ideas for community safety and security? If you were a victim of bad actors, how would you react?
sheltie
Reporter-in-Training
Fun X Time
Editor-in-Chief