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LATAM nations ramp up regulations for age-restricted content online

LATAM nations ramp up regulations for age-restricted content online

2026-03-05  Per Henrikson

The goal is to offer “a forward-looking roadmap for implementing proportionate age verification solutions that satisfy regulators without compromising user experience,” including Brazil’s walkthroughs of Brazil’s Digital Statute of Children and Adolescents and Colombia’s Ley 2489. Brazil’s law, Law 15,211 (2025), “emphasizes the need for robust, auditable controls to prevent minors from accessing harmful content and services.” Veriff says it moves the needle from passive “terms of service” compliance to active verification. Meanwhile, Colombia’s Ley 2489, the Law for the Development of Healthy and Safe Digital Environments for Children and Adolescents, is not a direct technical mandate for age verification. But it “creates the legal structure under which governmental agencies must create policies to ensure digital safety.” In effect, it lays the groundwork for specific policies. Uruguay is pushing ahead with a plan to regulate digital platforms in order to protect young people online. Regulations are to be designed by a multi-stakeholder commission made up of representatives from academia, the private sector and civil society organizations.


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