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Chile

0%DSA alignment

Chile has no DSA-style platform-governance obligations; its main development is the 2024 data-protection overhaul creating a data agency that only takes effect in December 2026, with no in-force platform transparency, ad-library or child-safety mandates.

In forceLey 21.719 (data-protection reform, creates APDP) (2024)· Agencia de Protección de Datos (effective Dec 2026)
In forceLey 19.628 (data protection) (1999)

Scored against the DSA

Each obligation the DSA imposes on very large platforms, and whether Chile’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

  • No such obligation

    Public ad libraryDSA Art. 39

    No ad-repository mandate.

  • No such obligation

    Transparency reportsDSA Art. 15 / 24 / 42

    No content-moderation transparency-report mandate.

  • No such obligation

    Researcher data accessDSA Art. 40

    No researcher-access mandate.

  • No such obligation

    Reach disclosureDSA Art. 24(2)

    No active-user / reach disclosure mandate.

Accountability

  • No such obligation

    Systemic risk assessmentDSA Art. 34–35

    No systemic-risk-assessment mandate.

  • No such obligation

    Independent auditDSA Art. 37

    No independent-audit mandate.

  • No such obligation

    Algorithmic transparencyDSA Art. 27 / 38

    No recommender-transparency or non-profiling-feed mandate.

  • No such obligation

    Regulator + penaltiesDSA Art. 49–52, 74

    Ley 21.719 creates a data-protection Agency (fines up to 4% of revenue) effective Dec 2026, but its scope is data protection, not platform governance.

    Source ↗

Child protection

  • No such obligation

    No profiling ads to minorsDSA Art. 26(3) / 28

    Ley 21.719 gives children's data special protection but imposes no targeted-ad-to-minors ban.

  • No such obligation

    Age assuranceBeyond the DSA

    No age-assurance / verification mandate for platforms.

  • No such obligation

    Child-safety duty of careDSA Art. 28

    No platform child-safety duty of care in force.

On the horizon

What's being debated

Boletín 14.785-24 (digital platforms & social networks)

Transparency and due-process in content moderation, user appeal rights, disclosure of ranking algorithms, a local legal representative and fines, though criticised for conditioning removals on prior court rulings.

Latest: Under review in the Chamber of Deputies as one of two competing platform bills; limited movement through 2025 to 2026. source ↗

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