Lula Signs Decrees Tightening Rules for Big Tech Platforms

Overview

• President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed two decrees Wednesday that update the Marco Civil da Internet to reflect a 2025 Supreme Court ruling and broaden platforms’ obligations on removal, reporting and evidence preservation.
• One decree sets strict gender‑protection rules including a reported two‑hour target to remove non‑consensual intimate images, a ban on platform‑provided AI that creates sexualized images and tools to curb deepfakes and coordinated attacks on women.
• The package forces platforms to create permanent, easy complaint channels, block fraudulent ads, preserve publication data for investigations and submit periodic reports to the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, which is named the supervisory authority.
• Major platforms have challenged the STF’s 2025 decision as incomplete and sought modulation and transition time; the court will hear nine consolidated appeals in a virtual plenary session set for October 29, 2026.
• The decrees aim to speed victim protection and law enforcement access to evidence but leave legal uncertainty over timing, scope and sanctions that could change how strictly companies must act in the coming months.