Brazil sues chat platform Discord over failure to protect child users
The lawsuit is the latest instance of Brazil taking aggressive steps to rein in tech giants over child safety issues online. The Brazilian government has filed a lawsuit against the chat platform Discord, seeking millions of dollars in damages over alleged failures to protect children and teenage social media users.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: The $97m lawsuit, filed on Wednesday, comes after what the Brazilian government describes as failed negotiations with the company.
- Fact 2: Brazil fines TikTok $30m for child data privacy violations Meta agrees to settlement, platform changes in youth addiction case TikTok settles with US Justice Department for $400m over child privacy laws The complaint argues that Discord failed to abide by laws designed to protect young social media users.
- Fact 3: On July 22, a 13-year-old girl was on a livestream when she killed herself after being goaded to do so by a group of her fellow teenagers.
- Fact 4: In the aftermath, Brazil’s National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) ordered Discord to suspend livestream services on August 12.
The lawsuit is the latest instance of Brazil taking aggressive steps to rein in tech giants over child safety issues online. The Brazilian government has filed a lawsuit against the chat platform Discord, seeking millions of dollars in damages over alleged failures to protect children and teenage social media users.
The $97m lawsuit, filed on Wednesday, comes after what the Brazilian government describes as failed negotiations with the company. Brazil fines TikTok $30m for child data privacy violations Meta agrees to settlement, platform changes in youth addiction case TikTok settles with US Justice Department for $400m over child privacy laws The complaint argues that Discord failed to abide by laws designed to protect young social media users. “The lawsuit seeks to compel the Discord platform to adopt effective measures to protect children, adolescents, and women in the digital environment,” the government said in a statement, calling for compensation for “collective moral damages”.
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