New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Brazil's data protection agency on Wednesday ordered instant messaging and VoIP social platform Discord to suspend livestreams in the country. The development follows the death of a teenager last month who died by suicide after she was allegedly pressured to end her life by others in the Discord server - or group - she was in.

According to an investigation by Brazil's ANPD (National Data Protection Authority), the girl from a small city in the centre-west of Brazil was incited during a 45-minute Discord livestream in July.

Police, which described the incident as a "real-life horror show", have arrested five teenagers in connection with the teenager's death. The police also noted that thier operation saved "another ...