Brazil's Office of the Solicitor General, which represents the federal government in court, filed a collective civil lawsuit against Discord on August 25, 2026. The government is seeking 500 million reais in damages, about US$97 million at the August 26 exchange rate reported by Reuters, over alleged failures to protect children and teenagers online.

Brazil's Ministry of Justice and Public Security said the case asks Brazil's Federal Court for the Federal District to impose stronger age checks, parental controls and default safety settings. Discord contests the allegations, and the requested damages have not been awarded.

What Brazil is asking the court to order

The government wants Discord to implement the requested safeguards within 15 days or face a proposed daily fine of 500,000 reais, about US$97,000 at the same August 26 exchange rate. Its published list calls for age verification that goes beyond a self-declared birth date, guardian-linked accounts for users up to age 16 and the most protective available settings by default for minors.

The filing also asks for systems that can detect and stop livestreams involving self-harm, suicide or extreme violence in real time and notify Brazilian authorities immediately. It seeks Portuguese-speaking moderation and trust-and-safety teams, measures against the recreation of removed servers and channels, and a permanent free reporting channel in Portuguese.

The Associated Press, which said it obtained the government's 25-page complaint, reported that the filing alleges severe gaps in Discord's age-verification systems and user protections. AP said the lawsuit followed a July suicide case linked to the platform and that five teenagers were arrested in connection with the death, citing Brazil's Justice Ministry.

Livestream suspension is a separate regulatory action

The lawsuit is distinct from an administrative order issued on August 12, 2026, by the Brazilian National Data Protection Agency (ANPD), the federal body responsible for enforcing the country's data protection rules. The order requires Discord to suspend Go Live and equivalent video-sharing features in Brazil until the company demonstrates effective technical, security and governance safeguards.

Discord said it disabled Go Live, screen sharing and real-time video chat for users in Brazil on August 17, 2026, while real-time voice and messaging remained available. Reinstating the affected video features requires the ANPD's prior approval, and Discord must show that its safeguards address the risks identified by the regulator.

The agency said Discord cannot access the content of video streams while they are taking place, preventing server-side analysis and real-time detection of violations. According to the regulator, the platform instead depended on automated systems with gaps and reports from participants.

Talks failed and Discord disputes the allegations

Brazil's government said it negotiated with Discord for about two weeks before filing the case. It said the company's proposals were not sufficient to eliminate the risks identified by officials, although the Office of the Solicitor General remained open to a negotiated settlement.

Discord called the lawsuit disproportionate and said it did not accurately reflect the company's approach to safety or compliance with Brazilian law. Reuters reported that Discord said it had offered technical adjustments and a financial investment to improve online safety in Brazil.

The positions leave several disputed facts for the court to assess, including whether Discord's existing controls met Brazilian requirements and whether its proposed changes were adequate. The government's allegations and the regulator's findings are not final judicial findings.

Global age checks are a different policy track

Brazil's lawsuit and livestream order apply to Discord's operations in Brazil. A separate company plan could affect users elsewhere, but it is not a remedy already imposed by the Brazilian court.

Discord said in February 2026 that it had delayed the global expansion of its age-assurance system to the second half of 2026 and expected more than 90 percent of users to continue without an age-verification prompt. The company said some adults could be asked to verify when they seek age-restricted content or change default safety settings and Discord's internal system cannot determine that they are adults.

Discord said it planned to offer multiple verification options, publish information about its vendors and require facial age estimation to run on the user's device. Those are company commitments, and the available methods and legal requirements may differ by country.

What remains unresolved

No court award is established by the government's demand for 500 million reais, and the administrative livestream suspension does not decide the civil case. A court must assess the evidence and decide whether to grant any of the requested orders or damages.

APPI News could not find a publicly accessible copy of the full federal complaint at the time of writing. The detailed requests in this report therefore come from the Brazilian government's published summary, cross-checked against Associated Press and Reuters coverage; later court filings or rulings may add facts or alter the requested relief.