Brazil Orders Discord to Stop Live Streams
Listen to the story
Brazil's data agency is called ANPD. It works to protect people's information.
The ANPD told Discord to stop live streaming in Brazil. Discord is an app where people talk and share videos.
This is a preventive measure. It means the agency acts before a problem gets worse.
Discord agreed. It stopped all live streams in Brazil.
The agency is not finished. It may check other apps too.
The ANPD wants to know if these apps follow the rules. The rules protect people online.
Many people use Discord to talk with friends. Some also use it to watch live video.
Now, users in Brazil cannot use the live video feature.
The agency did not explain every detail. But it said the action was necessary.
This story is still developing. More news may come soon.
Vocabulary15 words
- ANPD
- Brazil's government group that protects personal information
- Discord
- an app where people chat and watch live video together
- preventive measure
- an action taken early to stop a problem
- suspend
- to stop something for a while
- platform
- an app or website that many people use
- data
- information about people, stored on computers
- agency
- a government group with a special job
- feature
- a part of an app that does something
- rules
- instructions that people or companies must follow
- online
- connected to the internet
- video
- moving pictures with sound
- protect
- to keep safe
- check
- to look closely to see if something is correct
- developing
- still changing and growing
- necessary
- needed; must happen
Quiz
Answer key
1. Stop live streaming in Brazil 2. An action taken early to stop a problem 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Brazil's data agency is called _____. It works to protect people's information.
The ANPD told _____ to stop live streaming in Brazil.
This is a _____ measure. It means the agency acts before a problem gets worse.
Discord agreed. It stopped all live _____ in Brazil.
The agency may check other _____ too.
The ANPD wants to know if these apps follow the _____.
Now, users in Brazil cannot use the live video _____.
This story is still _____. More news may come soon.