Latin America
Chile
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.
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
Public ad libraryDSA Art. 39
No ad-repository mandate.
Transparency reportsDSA Art. 15 / 24 / 42
No content-moderation transparency-report mandate.
Researcher data accessDSA Art. 40
No researcher-access mandate.
Reach disclosureDSA Art. 24(2)
No active-user / reach disclosure mandate.
Accountability
Systemic risk assessmentDSA Art. 34–35
No systemic-risk-assessment mandate.
Independent auditDSA Art. 37
No independent-audit mandate.
Algorithmic transparencyDSA Art. 27 / 38
No recommender-transparency or non-profiling-feed mandate.
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.
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Child protection
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.
Age assuranceBeyond the DSA
No age-assurance / verification mandate for platforms.
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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