At the ratification ceremony for the Digital Child and Adolescent Statute — or ECA Digital, consisting of a set of rules on the protection of minors online — Brazil’s federal government also introduced a provisional decree addressing one of the law’s main gaps: defining exactly which agency would be in charge of enforcing and regulating these new rules.
Throughout the legislative process, lawmakers debated various alternatives, including:
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