Brazil
Stories
Google Android ID Rules Take Effect In Four Countries
Google’s identity checkpoint has arrived, and sideloading now comes with paperwork, warnings, and a waiting period.
After a Major ID Breach, Discord Asks Users to Trust Age Checks Again
When surveillance fails, the solution involves IDs, selfies, credit cards, or a video of your face.
Brazil Wants Discord to Pay $97 Million and Expand Age Verification Digital ID
Brazil says it is protecting children, but its demands could require Discord to know far more about who its users actually are.
Google Starts Asking for Developers' Papers on September 30
The thing that made Android worth choosing is now a setting you have to search for.
Brazil Prosecutors Probe Discord Encryption, Age Checks
The live video ban was just the opening move.
Brazil Regulator Bans Discord Live Video Features
An agency created to police how companies handle personal data now decides what people can see.
Brazil Law Makes VPN Use an Aggravating Factor in Crimes as the First Lady Pushes for a Discord Ban
Brazil's virtual patrol rule also lets police pull connection data with no warrant.
Google to Expand Play Age Signals API to All Users Worldwide
Google Play's age verification API goes global by end of 2026, timed to new laws in Texas, Alabama, Brazil, the UK, and more.
Brazil Enters Rumble Case to Defend Pro-Censorship Judge
Brazil’s argument is that the judge’s orders are shielded by immunity even if they broke the law.
Brazil Requires Biometrics for Pensions, Even After Data Leak
The agency now demanding everyone’s face and fingerprints leaked the records of 2 million Brazilians a month ago.
How Apple Lost in Brazil and Won Anyway
Apple turned a regulator’s order into a set of fees and reporting rules engineered to keep competition out.
US Court Summons Pro-Censorship Brazil Judge Moraes in Rumble Lawsuit
A Brazilian judge who ordered an American platform shut down for refusing to censor his own critics now has 21 days to explain himself to a Florida court.
