Argentina: Bill on preventive mental health regime in digital environments (7340-D-2025) including design requirement was introduced to Chamber of Deputies

On 19 February 2026, the Bill Preventive Mental Health Regime in Digital Environments (7340-D-2025) was introduced to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies. The Bill would establish design obligations for digital platforms aimed at reducing mental health risks associated with algorithmic recommendation systems, with particular focus on children and adolescents. It would apply to platforms established in Argentina and to foreign platforms targeting the Argentine market with more than 100’000 monthly active users domiciled in Argentina, local advertising, or localised payment methods, while platforms below 10’000 users and certain encrypted private messaging services would be excluded. The Bill would require the implementation of a protected mode for minors that limits high-risk psychosocial design features by default. For users under 13, autoplay, infinite scrolling, night-time notifications between 22:00 and 07:00, behavioural profiling-based recommendation systems, public social validation metrics, real-time geolocation, and behavioural advertising would be prohibited. The Bill would also require platforms to provide non-personalised feed options, allow users to disable recommendation systems, inform users when content is personalised, and implement measures to mitigate the amplification of self-harm and similar harmful content.