Brazil: National Consumer Secretariat investigation into illegal commerce of unregistered devices on e-commerce platform Amazon

Progress

Current status
under investigation
14 Dec 2024 under investigation

Scope

Implementers
Brazil
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
consumer protection authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

14 Dec 2024
under investigation

Issued interim ruling in National Consumer Secretariat investigation into illegal commerce of unregistered devices on e-commerce platform Amazon

On 14 December 2024, the National Secretariat for Consumer Protection (Senacon) ordered Amazon to remove advertisements for mobile phones that lack approval from the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) and do not include a valid invoice. The…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type interim ruling
Government branch executive
Government body consumer protection authority