Brazil: Amendment to Statute of the Child and Adolescent requiring judicial authorisation for digital content creation by children and adolescents (Law No. 8.069)

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
10 Feb 2026 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Brazil
Policy Area
Authorisation, registration and licensing
Policy Instrument
Authorisation of goods or services
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

10 Feb 2026
under deliberation

Bill amending Statute of the Child and Adolescent (PL 457/2026) including judicial authorisation requirement for economic digital content creation by children and adolescents was introduced to Chamber of Deputies

On 10 February 2026, Bill No. 457/2026 was introduced to the Chamber of Deputies. The Bill would amend Law No. 8.069 of 13 July 1990 (Statute of the Child and Adolescent) to explicitly extend the judicial authorisation requirement under Article 149 …

Source
Event type law
Action type introduction
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament