Brazil becomes biggest regulatory test yet of online safety enforcement
Online safety laws continue to take shape across the globe, and Brazil has emerged as Latin America’s leading test bed…
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Brazil’s regulator shuts down biometric matching for classroom attendance
Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has ordered the school system in the southern state of Paraná to immediately stop…
Brazil’s digital regulator invites comment on updates to age verification guidance
Brazil has opened a period of public consultation on its guidance document covering age verification mechanisms, including biometric methods. Per…
Brazil takes bold stance with wide-reaching online safety law
If the 2026 Global Age Assurance Standards Summit had to name a headlining nation, the title might go to Brazil….
Brazil lays out preliminary guidelines for biometric age assurance under Digital ECA
Brazil’s data watchdog has published preliminary guidelines for adopting age-assurance technology to restrict underage users from products and services. The…
ANDP publishes comprehensive guide to age assurance as Brazilian law takes effect
Brazil’s National Data Protection Agency, the ANPD, has published an edition of its Technology Radar publication series focused on age…
One year in, Brazil’s online gambling regulations provide model for region
One of the defining features of the 2020s so far is the explosion of legal sports betting. For years, gambling…
Brazil data regulator gets agency status just in time for age verification fight
Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority, the ANPD, has new status as an independent regulatory agency, and a big first task….
Nudify apps face the wrath of online safety regulators as enforcement ramps up
Most technology has its defenders, the AI enthusiasts or connoisseurs of online porn. Less so for nudify or nudification apps,…
Brazilian parliamentary commission extends investigation into Tools for Humanity
A parliamentary commission in Brazil investigating Tools for Humanity, the company behind the digital identity project World, has approved an…
