SAO PAULO, Aug. 13 -- Brazil's data protection agency on Wednesday ordered Discord to suspend livestreams, accusing the messaging platform of failing to protect children and adolescents after a teen girl was allegedly incited to commit suicide during a broadcast.

In a case described by one police officer as a "real-life horror show", a 13-year-old girl in a small city in the centre-west of Brazil was incited during a 45-minute July livestream on Discord to self-harm and eventually kill herself.

Five teenagers have been arrested in connection to the death and a police operation saved "another girl who was about to commit suicide live on the internet," a police statement said.

"Live streams have been repeatedly used to facilitate violenc...