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Brazil Toughens Big Tech Liability, Citing 'Systemic Failures' on User Content

Brazil Toughens Big Tech Liability, Citing 'Systemic Failures' on User Content

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Marcus Wright
Sep 8, 2026, 3:21 PM
Brazil Toughens Big Tech Liability, Citing 'Systemic Failures' on User Content
Illustration — BRZ.news

Digital platforms operating in Brazil now face significantly higher compliance costs and regulatory risk following presidential decrees that codify a Supreme Court ruling expanding their civil liability for illegal user content. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed two decrees that amend the 2014 Internet Bill of Rights, known in Brazil as the *Marco Civil da Internet*, effectively ending a decade-long "safe harbor" that had largely shielded companies from liability. The move requires platforms to exercise a new "duty of care" and act proactively against the spread of criminal content on their services, or face being held financially liable.

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