Regarding age verification law in Brazil

[o-techie]

I see that you guys are researching about age verification implementation in other to comply with several legislation. There's a clarifying article wrote by Luana Esteche Nunes. She's Lawyer, PhD candidate in Law (IDP), Master’s degree in Intellectual Property, researcher in public policy, digital regulation, and the protection of fundamental rights.

I'll cite her:

The most pragmatic and testable aspect of the law is the shift of part of the age verification process to the infrastructure. Instead of throwing each app into a "every man for himself" scenario of newly invented verifications, with over-collection and inconsistency as the norm, the Digital ECA (Brazilian Statute for Children and Adolescents) places app stores and operating systems as part of the solution.

and also

First, infrastructure will be charged as regulatory infrastructure. Age rating, security, minimization, and exclusive purpose cease to be promises and become operating conditions.

Second, applications will not be able to outsource the problem to a checkbox when age is a risk parameter. And, in the 18+ category, the law is direct, since self-declaration is prohibited, reliable verification is required for each access.

The article: https://www.conjur.com.br/2026-mar-04/a-idade-deixou-de-ser-opiniao-o-eca-digital-e-o-fim-da-autodeclaracao-como-controle-regulatorio/

I recommend reading the article in full. From all the noise over the subject, I felt that this one is most insightful article as how legal experts and law enforcement will see the OS responsibility.

[o-techie]

My point of view is that the law was shaped with the consent of big tech companies and in alignment with their interests. All of them already have, or are in the process of implementing, centralized user registration in their clouds in order to use their operating systems. In this case, the Brazilian law will create legal uncertainty for applications (games, for example) that do not integrate age verification with the operating systems. The easiest way out for apps will be to drop support for Linux and BSD, which by its nature will be unable to verify the age of its users.

[laffer1]

Thanks for sharing this. Very interesting article.