President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed Law 15.211/25, which protects children and adolescents in the digital environment. The text was published in a special edition of the Official Gazette on Wednesday (17). BrownPipe Consultoria, through the Segurança Legal podcast, published episode 400 (also available on Spotify) covering some of the new law's key provisions.
The framework establishes obligations for apps, video games, social networks, and digital services, including reliable age verification, parental supervision tools, removal of content related to child abuse or exploitation, and rules for data processing and advertising targeting minors.
Platforms that fail to comply may face, among other penalties, fines ranging from R$ 10 per user up to R$ 50 million per violation.
The new law — known as Digital ECA, in reference to the ECA (Child and Adolescent Statute) — originates from Senate Bill 2628/22, approved by both the House and Senate in August.
One of the law's innovations is the provision for oversight and enforcement to be carried out by an autonomous national authority — a public administration body responsible for supervising, issuing regulations and procedures, and monitoring compliance with the new legislation by digital technology companies, including social networks.
The signing of the law included three vetoes, aimed at expediting the implementation of measures and ensuring legal certainty. Lula vetoed the provision that set the law's effective date at 12 months after enactment. The government will advance the implementation timeline to six months through Provisional Measure (MP) 1319/25.
Another veto removed the designation of Anatel (National Telecommunications Agency) as the entity responsible for enforcing court orders to block platforms and applications.
This provision was instead included in Decree 12.622/25, which regulates the law and was also signed by the president on Wednesday, maintaining Anatel in the same role. According to the government, the change was made solely to preserve the Executive Branch's exclusive authority over the administrative structuring of its responsibilities.
Finally, the president vetoed the immediate allocation to the Child and Adolescent Defense Fund of revenue collected from fines imposed under the new law. The measure was taken to comply with the Budget Guidelines Law, which requires a five-year period before funds can be earmarked. The government included this provision in MP 1318/25, directing the fines to the fund while respecting the five-year waiting period.
This post was summarized from its original version using AI, with human review.
Source: Agência Câmara de Notícias