Brazil: Bill establishing minimum protection duties for children and adolescents on digital platforms (Bill No. 730/2026) including design requirement was introduced to Chamber of Deputies

On 24 February 2026, Bill establishing minimum protection duties for children and adolescents on digital platforms (Bill No. 730/2026) was introduced to the Chamber of Deputies. The Bill would require digital platforms to implement technical mechanisms to identify indications of remunerated activity and potential economic exploitation involving children and adolescents. Such mechanisms may include algorithmic detection models, monitoring systems, defined escalation flows and risk indicators, and must provide guarantees of human review and bias control. The Bill would require publication of annual transparency reports containing, at a minimum, the number of accounts signalled as maintained by minors, the number of confirmed identifications, the methodologies used for detection, the number of notifications and requests received from protection bodies, average response times, compliance metrics, and a description of human review procedures and independent audit practices. Furthermore, the Bill provides for administrative and objective civil liability for failure to adopt the required measures. It establishes sanctions including warning, administrative fines calculated in relation to gross revenue in Brazil in the previous financial year, corrective measures, temporary blocking of monetisation functionalities and temporary suspension of services. Revenue from fines would be allocated to the Childhood and Adolescence Fund.