Discord video suspended in Brazil

Discord's video
is off in Brazil. Kosmi's
is still on.

Camera, screen sharing and Go Live are disabled on Discord for anyone in Brazil, by order of the ANPD, effective August 17, 2026. Kosmi is a different platform: open a room in your browser, send the link, and you're sharing your screen with video, chat and watch parties alongside it. No download, no cost.

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Why Discord turned off video in Brazil

It isn't a bug, it isn't your connection, and reinstalling the app won't fix it. It's a regulatory order aimed at Discord.

On August 12, 2026, Brazil's National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) adopted a preventive measure requiring Discord to suspend the “Go Live” feature and any other functionally equivalent video-transmission and video-sharing features in Brazil. The suspension took effect on August 17, 2026.

The order was issued as part of an investigation related to Brazil's Digital Statute for Children and Adolescents (“ECA Digital”). According to the ANPD, the features can only be restored after the company demonstrates technical, security and governance measures adequate to the identified risks, subject to the agency's prior and express authorization. Discord states that it does not have a date for their return.

Discord What stopped on Discord

  • ✗ Go Live (streaming in voice channels)
  • ✗ Screen sharing
  • ✗ Video calls in DMs
  • ✗ Video in group DMs (GDMs)
  • ✗ Camera in voice channels
  • ✗ Video in Stage channels
  • ✗ Watching someone else's stream

Discord What still works

  • ✓ Text messages
  • ✓ Servers and channels
  • ✓ Voice channels
  • ✓ Audio-only calls
  • ✓ Bots and text integrations
  • ★ In short: you can still talk, you just can't show anything

Sources: Discord Help Center – “Why video features are currently unavailable in Brazil” (updated August 17, 2026) and the ANPD announcement of the preventive measure. Kosmi is not affiliated with Discord or the ANPD; this page explains the context and offers an alternative. Prefer Portuguese? Leia esta página em português.

Comparison

Kosmi vs. Discord in Brazil right now

For as long as the suspension lasts, this is what each platform actually delivers to someone in Brazil.

Kosmi Kosmi

  • ✓ Screen sharing available, with audio
  • ✓ Video calls in every room
  • ✓ Stream your game or your screen to the whole room
  • ✓ Synced watch parties from any site
  • ✓ Built-in multiplayer games
  • ✓ Runs in the browser, nothing to install
  • ✓ Room ready in seconds — just send the link
  • ✓ Same experience on mobile and desktop

Discord Discord in Brazil

  • ✗ Screen sharing suspended
  • ✗ Video calls suspended
  • ✗ Go Live suspended, no return date
  • ✗ Watch parties only via third-party bots
  • ✗ Limited Activities
  • ✗ Requires downloading the app and creating an account
  • ✗ Servers, channels, roles and permissions to configure
  • ✓ Text and voice still normal
Features

Everything you used Go Live for — and then some

A Kosmi room comes with video, screen sharing, a synced player and games already in it. No bots, no extensions, no plugins.

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Screen Sharing

Show your game, a presentation or a browser tab to the whole room, audio included. It's the direct replacement for Go Live, and everyone watches at the same time.

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Camera and Microphone

Video and voice in any room, from your phone or your computer. See your friends' faces while you play, watch, or just talk.

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Watch Together

YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, Prime Video, Twitch or any website, all in sync. One person hits pause, everyone pauses.

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Games in the Room

Poker, Cards Against Humanity, card games, drawing games and NES, SNES and PlayStation emulators. Nothing to install.

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Your Room, Your Way

Give it a name, pick a theme and a background. Make one room per class, per friend group, or a permanent one for the regulars.

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Private by Default

Your room isn't listed anywhere public — only people with the link get in. No strangers wandering in, no moderation overhead.

How It Works

From zero to streaming in 30 seconds

No download, no sign-up, no server to configure. If you can send a link in a group chat, you can use Kosmi.

1

Create the Room

Click the button. The room is ready instantly, right in the browser.

2

Send the Link

Drop it in WhatsApp, in your Discord text channel, wherever people are. One click to join.

3

Go Live

Share your screen, turn on the camera, start a movie or fire up a game.

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Use Cases

What people are doing while Go Live is down

Everything that depended on video in Discord is still possible — it just moved address.

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Show Your Gameplay

Share your game screen to the room and play with everyone watching and commenting live, exactly the way Go Live worked.

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Movie and Series Nights

Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ or YouTube in sync, with camera and chat beside it so everyone reacts at the same moment.

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Long-Distance Relationships

Watch a film together, play something, or just leave the camera on and talk. Without depending on a feature that can be switched off by order.

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Study Groups

Share slides, PDFs and worked problems on screen, answer questions over video, and take a break with a quick game at the end.

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Remote Teams

A quick standup, pair programming, a product demo or a team happy hour. Screen share and camera work normally.

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Community Events

An AMA, an internal tournament or a stream for your server. Open a Kosmi room and post the link in your Discord text channel.

FAQ

Questions about the block and about Kosmi

What changed on Discord, what Kosmi solves, and what it isn't.

Why did Discord video stop working in Brazil? ▼

The ANPD issued a preventive order requiring Discord to suspend Go Live and video chat for users in Brazil as of August 17, 2026. It came out of an investigation related to the ECA Digital and covers DMs, group DMs, voice channels and Stage channels. It is not an app bug or a problem with your connection.

What still works on Discord in Brazil? ▼

Text messages, servers, voice channels and audio-only calls are unaffected. What is unavailable is real-time video: camera, screen sharing and Go Live, both for broadcasting and for watching.

I'm outside Brazil. Does this affect me? ▼

The order applies to users in Brazil, so your own Discord video works as usual if you're elsewhere. You'll still feel it in practice: friends or server members in Brazil can't turn on their camera, share their screen, or watch your Go Live stream while the suspension is in effect.

Does Kosmi work in Brazil? ▼

Yes. Kosmi is an independent service and was not subject to the ANPD order, which is directed specifically at Discord. Video calls, screen sharing, streaming to a room and watch parties all work normally for people in Brazil.

Is using Kosmi a way to get around the ANPD order? ▼

No. The preventive order suspends features of one specific application, Discord — it does not ban video on the internet and does not stop other platforms from offering it. Kosmi is a separate service with its own terms of use, operating under applicable law. Nothing here involves a VPN, a workaround, or evading a block.

Is Kosmi free? ▼

Yes. Creating rooms, inviting friends, using your camera and microphone, sharing your screen, watching together and playing games are all free. There's an optional paid plan with extras, but none of it is needed for the core features.

Do I need to download anything or create an account? ▼

No. Kosmi runs directly in your browser on desktop and mobile. You create a room, send the link, and your friends join in one click. There are optional iOS and Android apps if you prefer them.

Can I share my screen and play games on Kosmi? ▼

Yes. Screen sharing is native and everyone in the room sees it at the same time, with audio. Kosmi also has built-in multiplayer games — poker, Cards Against Humanity, drawing games and NES, SNES and PlayStation emulators — with nothing to install.

Can I watch Netflix and YouTube together with friends? ▼

Yes. Kosmi keeps YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, Prime Video, Twitch and virtually any website in sync for everyone in the room, with text and video chat on the same screen so people can react together.

Your stream doesn't have to wait for the ANPD

Open a free room, send the link to your group, and get back to sharing your screen today.

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A Discord alternative in Brazil for video, streaming and screen sharing

Since August 17, 2026, people in Brazil can no longer turn on their camera, share their screen or use Go Live on Discord. The cause is a preventive measure from the ANPD, adopted on August 12, 2026 as part of an investigation related to the ECA Digital, requiring the suspension of Go Live “and of any other functionally equivalent video-transmission and video-sharing features”. Text, servers and voice keep working — real-time video does not.

If your server revolved around showing gameplay, running movie nights or teaching over a shared screen, that's the part that got cut. Kosmi is a Discord alternative that covers exactly that, and it runs in the browser.

What Kosmi covers while Go Live is suspended

Kosmi is organised around rooms rather than servers and channels. Every room already includes screen sharing, video calls, text chat, a synced player for watching together, and a set of multiplayer games. You create the room, send the link, and people join — including people who've never heard of Kosmi, because no account is needed to join.

In practice it's the same set of things people did on Discord when they started a Go Live: show the game, show a browser tab, watch a video with friends, and talk over all of it.

Screen sharing without Discord, straight from the browser

Searches for “how to share your screen without Discord” have spiked in Brazil since the suspension, and most answers involve installing yet another program. Kosmi doesn't: screen sharing is native to the browser, works in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, carries audio along with it, and isn't quality-capped behind a subscription. On mobile you can join the room and watch normally through the app or the browser.

Watch together, play together, talk in the same place

Beyond video, Kosmi syncs YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, Prime Video and Twitch for everyone in the room, and ships with games ready to go — poker, Cards Against Humanity, drawing games and retro NES, SNES and PlayStation emulators. On Discord that kind of thing needed a bot, an extension, or a second platform open in parallel.

This is not a way to dodge the order

Worth stating plainly: the ANPD measure targets features of Discord. It does not ban video on the internet, does not block other platforms, and is not circumvented by using a different service. Kosmi is an independent company with its own terms of use, operating under applicable law. If and when Discord restores Go Live, it comes back — and you can keep using both.

Getting started

There's no install, no server configuration, and no roles or permissions to set up. Click create a room, paste the link in your group, and start streaming. It's free, it works on desktop and mobile, and it takes less time than opening Discord's settings.