Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet

Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet (in Portuguese: Marco Civil da Internet, officially (Federal) Law No 12.965/2014) is the law that governs the use of the Internet in Brazil and sets out guidelines for state action and rights and duties for users and operators.

The bill was approved by the Brazilian Congress Câmara dos Deputados on March 25, 2014 and was submitted to the Senado Federal.^[1] The Marco Civil was approved by the Brazilian Senate on April 22, 2014^[2] and signed into law by president Dilma Rousseff on April 23, 2014, at the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance.^[3]

^ Pereira, Paulo Celso; Jungblut, Cristiane (25 March 2014). "Câmara aprova Marco Civil da Internet e projeto segue para o Senado". O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved September 10, 2015.
^ Mari, Angelica. "Brazil passes groundbreaking Internet governance Bill". ZDNet. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
^ "The Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet". FGV Direito Rio. May 9, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2015.

[1] Pereira, Paulo Celso; Jungblut, Cristiane (25 March 2014). "Câmara aprova Marco Civil da Internet e projeto segue para o Senado". O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved September 10, 2015.

[2] Mari, Angelica. "Brazil passes groundbreaking Internet governance Bill". ZDNet. Retrieved September 10, 2015.

[3] "The Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet". FGV Direito Rio. May 9, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2015.

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