Brazil tightens platform liability, targets election disinfo

Timeline

1. about 11 hours ago

   [POLITICS] 8 sources

   Brazil's Electoral Court partners with tech giants to curb 2026 election disinformation

   Brazil's TSE signed agreements with major platforms to fight 2026 election disinformation and launched a decree setting rapid removal deadlines for misogynistic content online.

2. 16 days ago

   [TECHNOLOGY] 6 sources

   Brazil Supreme Court orders platforms to meet new content-responsibility rules by August

   Brazil’s Supreme Court orders social media and marketplaces to adopt new governance, user‑service and moderation measures by late August, shifting liability to proactive platform action.

3. 16 days ago

   [POLITICS] 2 sources

   Brazil's Chamber Approves Digital Platform Competition Bill Amid US Embassy Lobbying

   Brazil's Chamber passed a digital platform competition bill moving oversight to Cade, defining professional users and penalties up to 20% of revenue; the US embassy later lobbied the rapporteur to delay thevote

4. 18 days ago

   [POLITICS] 2 sources

   Brazil's Digital Markets Bill Gains Momentum in Congress

   Brazil's finance minister meets party leaders to push a digital markets bill that expands CADE's powers and defines systemic platforms, aiming for a vote before Congress recess.

5. 18 days ago

   [POLITICS] 2 sources

   Brazil Electoral Prosecutor urges social media firms to curb election misinformation

   Brazil's Electoral Prosecutor ordered major social platforms to remove illicit content, label AI‑generated material, ban deepfakes and limit micro‑targeted ads ahead of the 2026 elections.

6. 21 days ago

   [POLITICS] 3 sources

   Uruguayan Deputy Rodrigo Goñi Praises Brazil Senate’s Tech Innovations

   Uruguayan deputy Rodrigo Goñi praised Brazil’s Senate for its digital tools, AI work and remote voting, and scheduled further talks on legislative technology cooperation.

7. 21 days ago

   [POLITICS] 14 sources

   Brazil expands Cade powers with digital markets bill

   Brazil's fast‑track digital markets bill expands Cade's powers, creates a new super‑agency, and targets big techs, sparking industry warnings and right‑wing calls to delay the vote until after elections.

8. 21 days ago

   [POLITICS] 2 sources

   Brazil Supreme Court upholds Bahia law on pandemic misinformation

   Brazil's Supreme Federal Court upheld Bahia's law imposing R$5‑20k fines for spreading false epidemic information, citing public‑health protection and ruling the measure constitutional.

9. 27 days ago

   [POLITICS] 2 sources

   Brazil advances digital sovereignty with AI parliamentary front and data centre incentives

   Brazil moves forward on digital sovereignty as the lower house backs data‑centre incentives and the Senate approves an AI, data‑protection and digital‑security parliamentary front.

10. about 1 month ago

    [POLITICS] 26 sources

    Brazil sees 188% surge in digital violence reports against women

    Brazil’s Ministry of Women reports a 188% rise in digital‑violence complaints to Ligue 180 (16,725 cases Jan‑May 2026), expands protocols to cover virtual rape, sextortion and deep‑fakes, trains 350 staff and ​

11. about 1 month ago

    [POLITICS] 12 sources

    Brazil Supreme Court expands digital platform liability ahead of 2026 election

    Brazil’s Supreme Court has broadened platform liability, requiring removal of illegal content without court orders, a move seen as shaping the digital landscape ahead of the 2026 elections.

12. about 1 month ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Brazil Supreme Court orders new duties for major platforms amid TikTok addiction concerns

    Brazil's Supreme Court imposed new content‑removal duties on Google, Meta, TikTok and X, while leaked TikTok studies show the app’s addictive design for children, fueling worldwide regulatory pressure.

13. about 1 month ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Brazil Supreme Court Issues Rulings on Sentencing Law and Online Platform Liability

    Brazil's Supreme Court was urged not to suspend the sentencing law Lei da Dosimetria and simultaneously finalized a thesis expanding digital platforms' liability for harmful content.

14. about 1 month ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Brazil President Lula urges stricter digital platform regulation after STF ruling

    Brazil’s president Lula calls for stronger digital platform regulation at the G7, while the Supreme Court’s partial overturn of the Marco Civil’s article 19 opens new liability rules for tech firms.

15. about 1 month ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 3 sources

    Brazil Supreme Court establishes new liability regime for big‑tech platforms

    Brazil's Supreme Court paused to hear big‑tech appeals and imposed a 60‑day deadline for platforms to adopt new safety and liability rules for user content.

16. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources

    Brazil Supreme Court Deliberates Big Tech Liability Under Internet Law

    Brazil's Supreme Court debated Facebook and Google's challenges to a 2025 ruling expanding big‑tech liability under the Marco Civil da Internet, with ministers split over scope, retroactivity and local presence

17. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 4 sources

    Brazil Supreme Court orders 60‑day deadline for big tech compliance

    Brazil’s Supreme Court gave big tech firms 60 days to comply with new rules expanding civil liability for illegal content, effective June 27 2025, after overturning parts of the 2014 Internet Civil Framework.

18. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 29 sources

    Brazil Supreme Court sets 60‑day deadline for big‑tech compliance with illegal‑content rules

    Brazil’s Supreme Court gave big‑techs 60 days to adopt new illegal‑content rules, expanding platform liability and imposing transparency, safety and representation requirements.

19. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 4 sources

    Brazil opposition moves to block Lula's digital platform decrees

    Brazilian Congress opposition files 12 proposals to block Lula's decrees expanding platform liability, sparking a debate over executive overreach and online regulation.

20. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 4 sources

    Brazil Supreme Court reviews Big Tech liability under internet law

    Brazil's Supreme Court will hear Google and Meta's challenge to a ruling that expands platform liability for user content, amid government decrees and senatorial pushback.

21. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources

    Brazilian lawmakers move to repeal Lula's big‑tech regulation decrees

    Brazilian opposition files decree‑legislative projects to repeal Lula's decrees regulating big‑tech firms, citing overreach; Senate and Supreme Court set to review the measures.

22. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Brazil advances supranational digital and AI regulation amid legislative clash

    Brazil pushes for global digital and AI regulation, with ministers urging supranational rules, while Lula’s decree expanding ANPD oversight faces congressional resistance and upcoming STF review.

23. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Brazil's courts weigh copyright damages and big‑tech liability

    Brazil's STJ debates shifting interest calculation in a plagiarism case, while the STF revisits big‑tech liability after Lula's decrees assign oversight to the ANPD.

24. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 4 sources

    Brazil advances new regulations for Big Tech platforms and fintechs

    Brazil's Congress debates stricter duties for Big Techs and AI regulation, while past fintech deregulation under Bolsonaro is linked to large‑scale money‑laundering by criminal groups.

25. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 70 sources

    Brazil Supreme Court stalls hearing on big‑tech liability ruling

    Brazil’s Supreme Court postponed the hearing of nine Google and Facebook appeals against a ruling that expands platform liability for illegal content, pending a new date.

26. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 8 sources

    Brazil President Lula signs decrees reshaping internet platform rules, prompting big‑tech pushback

    Brazil's President Lula signed decrees altering the Marco Civil da Internet, expanding ANPD authority and platform liability, drawing criticism from big‑tech groups and prompting opposition lawmakers to seek a撤

27. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Brazilian lawmakers seek to roll back Lula's big‑tech regulation

    Brazilian deputies filed 12 proposals to suspend Lula's decrees that impose new duties on big‑tech platforms, arguing they overreach executive power and risk censorship.