The Minister of Justice and Public Security, announced this Tuesday (April 7, 2026) that the government of (PT) is preparing a new decree to combat violence against women in the digital environment. The text, proposed by the Ministry of Justice, is in an advanced stage of discussion and is part of the actions of the .
The decree is structured around 3 pillars:
- immediate removal of illegal content by platforms, without the need for prior justification;
- accessible notification procedures for victims, with accelerated deadlines in cases of non-consensual intimate content;
- holding platforms accountable in the face of coordinated attacks.
The statement was made during the signing ceremony of the National Protocol for the Investigation of Crimes against Journalists and Social Communicators, at Palácio do Planalto. Questioned by Poder360the minister stated that the decree is in the Civil House, to be sent to the president.
“Violence against journalists has a gendered face”said Wellington at the ceremony. According to the minister, female journalists are targets of “coordinated attacks on social media” and violence that “combines misogyny, sexual violence, the symbolic and misinformation”with the aim of expelling them from public space.
Among the measures under study are the express prohibition of coordinated attacks on social networks against journalists and the prohibition of the use of AI (artificial intelligence) for the production of intimate content involving women.
The measure would directly affect generative AI companies – such as those that develop image and video generation tools –, which could be held liable if their technologies are used to produce non-consensual sexual deepfakes.
The proposal is articulated by the National Secretariat for Digital Rights of the Ministry of Justice, in partnership with the Ministry of Women and the Secretariat of Social Communication of the Presidency of the Republic.
The initiative integrates other actions of the Lula government aimed at women, such as the National Pact Brazil Without Feminicide. The program brings together a series of measures announced by the government in the area of women’s protection, but still lacks details on deadlines and budget.
The decree is part of a broader offensive by Planalto to regulate big techs administratively, without relying on new laws. Secom’s Secretary of Digital Policies, João Brant, Poder360 that the strategy is to use STF decisions on the Internet Civil Framework as a basis to increase corporate accountability.
The idea is to increase companies’ accountability by extending mechanisms already provided for in legislation – such as the removal of intimate content without a court order – to other cases of digital violence, such as coordinated attacks and misogynistic content.
