The National Data Protection Authority of Brazil has imposed a fine of nearly $30 million on TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, for alleged mishandling of child and teenage data. This decision comes in response to the platform's failure to adhere to data privacy laws by collecting and processing young users' personal information without proper legal basis or safeguards. The regulatory body estimates that TikTok may have processed data from at least 8 million children, highlighting systemic deficiencies within the platform's age-verification mechanism. The ruling also requires TikTok to delete all illegally obtained data and establish a comprehensive youth protection framework. Notably, the platform's "logged-out feed," which allows users to browse content without creating an account, is available in Brazil but not in the United States or Europe, potentially enabling minors to bypass age-verification checks. The authority also recently ordered social media platform Discord to suspend its livestreaming feature following a suicide of a 13-year-old girl who was allegedly encouraged to harm herself during a livestream. Brazil's government and Supreme Court are making efforts to regulate internet use by minors, echoing similar actions in countries such as Australia, Canada, and Indonesia. These developments mark an intensification of global crackdown on tech giants regarding child data privacy violations and age verification issues.