Brazil: President signed Bill on protection of children and adolescents in digital environments, including content moderation authority governance (Law No. 15,211)

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President signed Bill on protection of children and adolescents in digital environments, including content moderation authority governance (Law No. 15,211)

On 17 September 2025, the President signed the Bill on the protection of children and adolescents in digital environments into Law No. 15,211. The Law establishes an autonomous administrative authority responsible for supervising compliance with its provisions across Brazil and empowered to issue complementary regulations. In cases of non-compliance, and ensuring due legal process, violators may face a range of penalties including warnings with deadlines for corrective action, fines up to 10% of the provider’s revenue in Brazil or a capped per-user amount, temporary suspension of activities, or prohibition from operating.

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Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation authority governance
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, technological consumer goods, software provider: other software
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2025-08-20
under deliberation

On 20 August 2025, the Chamber of Deputies passed the Bill on the protection of children and adoles…

2025-08-27
adopted

On 27 August 2025, the Senate adopted the Bill on the protection of children and adolescents in dig…

2025-09-17
adopted

On 17 September 2025, the President signed the Bill on the protection of children and adolescents i…

2026-03-17
in force

On 17 March 2026, the Bill on protection of children and adolescents in digital environments, inclu…