Brazilian lawmakers approve bill of online rights, minus local storage requirements

The lower house of Brazil’s Congress has approved the country’s first bill of online rights, the Marco Civil da Internet. If passed by the Senate and signed off by the president, the bill would entrench network neutrality in Brazilian law and limit the liability of web platforms if users upload certain types of unlawful content. However, while the bill would force international web firms to adhere to Brazilian privacy law in legal disputes regarding local citizens, it would not require companies such as Google and Facebook to store data on Brazilians within Brazil’s borders.