Brazil’s Chamber Fast-Tracks Big Tech Competition Bill

Overview

• The Chamber approved urgency by 276–186, sending the bill straight to a final vote without committee reviews.
• The proposal creates a Digital Markets Superintendency inside CADE with authority to open investigations and issue market guidance.
• Platforms would be deemed systemically relevant at R$50 billion in global revenue or R$5 billion in Brazil, triggering special obligations.
• Industry groups representing firms such as Amazon, Google, Meta, TikTok, OpenAI, Uber, Mercado Livre, iFood and Visa warn of higher costs and reduced investment, while digital-rights advocates call the draft necessary but insufficient.
• Rapporteur Aliel Machado signals a focus on anti-cartel measures and curbing platform control over pricing and imposed services, with examples raised in debate including restrictions on Pix.