Brazil urges Discord to act after teen livestream suicide
Brazilian authorities say a 13-year-old girl was encouraged to self-harm and take her own life during a Discord livestream, and five teenagers have been arrested in connection with the death. The Attorney General of the Union (AGU) requested and received a proposal from Discord to strengthen user safety, and Discord says it cooperated and had deactivated a private server before the teenager's death. The AGU demanded concrete measures such as age verification, a 2026 law already requires parental links for under-16 accounts, and the first lady urged the judiciary to remove the platform.
Discord deactivated a private server before the teenager's death.
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Brazil passed a 2026 law requiring under-16 accounts to link to parent accounts and…
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