Latin America
Brazil
Brazil has Latin America's most developed platform-governance regime, driven by the June 2025 STF intermediary-liability ruling and the in-force ECA Digital children's law, but still lacks a DSA-style systemic-risk, ad-library and researcher-access framework.
Scored against the DSA
Each obligation the DSA imposes on very large platforms, and whether Brazil’s law requires the same. Cells cover DSA-style, user-protective transparency and accountability only.
- Required by law
- Partial / emerging
- No such obligation
- Undetermined
Transparency
Public ad libraryDSA Art. 39
No all-ads library mandate; the STF ruling requires reporting on ads and boosting, not a searchable public repository.
Source ↗Transparency reportsDSA Art. 15 / 24 / 42
The STF's June 2025 Art. 19 ruling requires platforms to self-regulate and publish annual transparency reports on notices, ads and boosted content.
Source ↗Researcher data accessDSA Art. 40
No vetted-researcher data-access mandate in force.
Reach disclosureDSA Art. 24(2)
No periodic active-user / reach disclosure mandate.
Accountability
Systemic risk assessmentDSA Art. 34–35
No systemic-risk-assessment mandate; only child-protection duties under ECA Digital.
Independent auditDSA Art. 37
No independent / external compliance-audit mandate.
Algorithmic transparencyDSA Art. 27 / 38
ECA Digital requires configurable recommendation controls for minors' accounts; no general chronological-feed or recommender-transparency mandate.
Source ↗Regulator + penaltiesDSA Art. 49–52, 74
ANPD enforces the LGPD and ECA Digital (fines up to 10% of group revenue, capped R$50M), but there is no dedicated general platform-governance regulator.
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Child protection
No profiling ads to minorsDSA Art. 26(3) / 28
ECA Digital restricts profiling-based advertising directed at children and adolescents.
Source ↗Age assuranceBeyond the DSA
ECA Digital (in force 17 March 2026) bans age self-declaration and mandates reliable age verification for restricted services including social media.
Source ↗Child-safety duty of careDSA Art. 28
ECA Digital imposes child-safety duties (moderation, parental controls, data protection) on platforms accessible to minors.
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On the horizon
What's being debated
PL 2630 'Fake News Bill' + STF platform-liability ruling
Algorithmic transparency, annual transparency reports, moderation due-process and independent oversight in PL 2630, echoed by the Supreme Court's DSA-inspired procedural duties on platforms.
Latest: PL 2630 stalled in Congress since 2023; on 26 June 2025 the STF struck down part of Marco Civil Art. 19 and imposed DSA-style transparency/self-regulation duties. source ↗
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