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Brazil Orders Discord to Suspend Livestreaming Over Teen Suicide

Brazil Orders Discord to Suspend Livestreaming Over Teen Suicide

Is Discord a haven enabling child predators through negligence or is this a case of government overreach threatening digital freedom?
Brazil Orders Discord to Suspend Livestreaming Over Teen Suicide
Above: The Discord logo displayed on a smartphone and a screen in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 12. Image credit: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images

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Discord has become the venue of choice online for groomers, sextortionists, and all those who seek to harm children. Organized and sadistic grooming groups, like 764, have victimized countless minors globally thanks to the negligence of Big Tech. Discord in particular has supercharged their activities, and allows criminals unrestricted access to minors thanks to their lax moderation.

Banning livestreaming does nothing but hand government more control over digital platforms while criminals just hop to another app. Brazilian authortiesauthorities are disturbingly eager to exert government power over social media, including expanding liability to the point of encouraging preemptive censorship. Parents must be trusted to protect their kids,; government intervention misses the point.

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