Brazil Orders Discord To Halt Livestreams After 13 Year-Old Dies By Suicide

Edited
by:
Saim
Du&sca o ;a
I ayatullah

B azil’s
data
p otectio
autho ity
o
Wed esday
o de ed
the
o li e
messagi g
platfo m
Disco d
to
suspe d
its
livest eami g
featu e
i
the
cou t y
withi
th ee
busi ess
days.

Officials
cited
failu es
to
p otect
child e
a d
tee age s
f om
co te t
p omoti g
viole ce,
self-ha m
a d
suicide.

Why
has
B azil
o de ed
Disco d
to
suspe d
livest eami g?

The
Natio al
Data
P otectio
Autho ity
(ANPD)
issued
the
measu e
afte
the
death
of
a
13-yea -old
gi l
who
i vestigato s
say
was
e cou aged
to
ha m
he self
a d
take
he
ow
life
du i g
a
livest eam
o
the
platfo m.

“Live
st eams
have
bee
epeatedly
used
to
facilitate
viole ce,
ha assme t,
a d
the
i citeme t
of
self-ha m
a d
suicide,”
said
the
ANPD.

It
cited
” obust
evide ce
that
the
compa y
failed
to
adopt
easo able
measu es”
to
p otect
child e
a d
tee age s
f om
such
co te t.

The
egulato
said
Disco d’s
“Go
Live”
featu e
would
emai
suspe ded
u til
the
compa y
could
demo st ate
that
effective
tech ical,
secu ity
a d
gove a ce
safegua ds
fo
mi o s
we e
i
place.

The
ANPD
said
Disco d
lacked
eal-time
access
to
livest eam
co te t,
limiti g
its
ability
to
automatically
detect
violatio s
a d
leavi g
it
elia t
o
use
epo ts
a d
othe
systems
the
egulato
co side s
i adequate.

Disco d
has
10
busi ess
days
to
appeal
the
decisio .
It
could
face
fi es
of
up
to
50
millio
eais
($9.7
millio ,
&eu o;8.4
millio )
pe
violatio
if
i egula ities
a e
co fi med.

What
happe ed
to
the
13-yea -old
gi l
o
Disco d?

Police
said
the
13-yea -old
gi l
was
e cou aged
du i g
a
oughly
45-mi ute
livest eam
i
July
to
ha m
he self
a d
the
die
by
suicide.

Autho ities
say
membe s
of
a
o li e
g oup
fi st
e cou aged
he
to
ca y
out
escalati g
viole t
“challe ges,”
i cludi g
ha mi g
a
a imal,
befo e
challe gi g
he
to
b oadcast
he
ow
suicide
o
Disco d.

Police
say
the
g oup
delibe ately
sought
out
emotio ally
vul e able
child e
a d
tee age s.

Five
tee age s
a d
o e
adult
we e
detai ed
i
co ectio
with
the
case.
Police
said
a othe
gi l
who
was
allegedly
p epa i g
to
take
he
ow
life
du i g
a
livest eam
was
also
escued
du i g
the
i vestigatio .

What
has
bee
the
wide
eactio
i
B azil?

B azil’s
Justice
Mi ist y
a d
police
have
c iticized
Disco d’s
mode atio
a d
age-co t ol
systems.
O e
official
said
o e
pe so
i volved
i
the
case
had
bee
able
to
egiste
a
age
of
148
usi g
the
platfo m’s
self-decla atio
system.

B azilia
fi st
lady
Rosa gela
“Ja ja”
da
Silva
last
week
called
fo
Disco d
to
be
completely
blocked
i
the
cou t y
followi g
the
tee age ‘s
death.

Disco d
ep ese tatives
met
B azilia
autho ities
o
F iday
a d
late
submitted
a
pla
aimed
at
st e gthe i g
p otectio s
fo
use s
u de
18.

B azil
has
tighte ed
ules
gove i g
child e ‘s
use
of
o li e
platfo ms,
i cludi g
equi eme ts
o
age
ve ificatio
a d
pa e tal
li ks
fo
you ge
use s.

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