Chile speeds up Safe Digital Environments bill

Chile's government has given urgent status to the Digital Safe Environments bill, a proposal aimed at protecting children and adolescents online. The measure is now in its first constitutional stage before the Chamber of Deputies' Committee on Future, Science and Technology, and it covers minors' access to social media, platform accountability, algorithmic design, and childhood protection in the context of cybersecurity.

What did the Executive branch announce about this bill?

The Ministry of Social Development and Family said the Executive branch will submit amendments to the bill before Aug. 28, 2026. That decision came as the consolidated text, which combines four parliamentary motions on the protection of minors on digital platforms and cybersecurity, moved forward under urgent legislative treatment.

The accelerated process speeds up debate on a proposal that brings several parliamentary initiatives into a single text. According to the ministry, the discussion aims for broad agreement in favor of children, with changes that could affect how platforms operate when users are minors.

What is the status of the other reforms tied to digital violence and data?

The bill that criminalizes digital violence in Chile and amends the Penal Code has been moving through Congress since 2020 and is now in its second constitutional stage in the Senate, according to recent local press coverage. At the same time, the country still has on its agenda bills that would amend Law 21.719 and other motions tied to personal data protection and artificial intelligence.

Senate bill records show proposals linked to Law 21.719, both to amend it and to refine it. Added to that is debate over an artificial intelligence law and other proposals connected to privacy, compliance, and data use, pointing to a parallel regulatory agenda in the digital sphere.

What does this legislative agenda reflect?

Chile is moving on several regulatory fronts at once, with bills addressing data protection, artificial intelligence, child online safety, and digital violence. The result is a set of legislative tracks moving at different speeds, with some initiatives already under way in the Senate and others, such as Digital Safe Environments, now receiving added priority from the Executive branch.

What is bill 18118-07?

Bill 18118-07 is the legislative file for the Digital Safe Environments proposal in Chile. It is the same text that the Executive branch granted urgent status and that remains in its first constitutional stage.

That file brings together four parliamentary motions on the protection of minors on digital platforms and cybersecurity. According to the ministry, the government will submit amendments before Aug. 28, 2026, within that legislative process.