Upcoming regulation on digital platforms in Brazil

Lawmakers often choose ex-post regulations to encourage innovation, which means regulating at a later stage only if market failures or any other risks to competition arise. According to some Brazilian legislators, the moment to improve regulation on digital platforms has arrived. Since 2020, the National Congress has been discussing the Brazilian Law on Internet Freedom; […]

“Vaza Jato”: The Brazilian Pentagon Papers’ case

The right to information and the freedom of expression, two of the most important principles in a democracy, are still being modeled by courts all over the world. The US Supreme Court settled the boundaries of these rights in 1971 with the landmark case of the Pentagon Papers (New York Times Co. v. United States). […]

Documentaries: a rising market in Brazil

Streaming platforms that already landed in the Brazilian territory might be happy with the opportunity to exploit a huge and rising market. The strategy adopted by most of them was to engage in the production of tailormade content targeted at the local consumers. The result has been the booming of the audiovisual production market in […]