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data protection privacy
Opinion

AI and data protection in the spotlight at Global Privacy Summit

Though Brazil didn't take part, discussions within the local data protection authority mimic those of the U.S. summit

3 days ago • Marcela Mattiuzzo and Paula Pedigoni Ponce
Facebook, Zoom convicted of illegal access to user data
Insider

Facebook, Zoom convicted in Brazil of illegal access to user data

1 month ago • TBR Newsroom
Why is Brazil a top target for cyberattacks?
Guide to Brazil

Why is Brazil a top target for cyberattacks?

While criminals from abroad are targeting companies with more and more sophisticated attacks, homegrown hackers mainly run financial scams against individuals

1 month ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
The imminent future of digital regulation in Brazil
Opinion

The imminent future of digital regulation in Brazil

Discussions on artificial intelligence, the Fake News Bill, and the economic regulation of digital platforms are set to grab attention in Brazil this year. The government's role in these movements remains unclear

2 months ago • Marcela Mattiuzzo
Tech Roundup: A new (old) tool against cybercrime
Tech

Tech Roundup: A new (old) tool against cybercrime

The classification of cyberbullying in the Brazilian penal code, as well as other recent legislative changes, should further increase the demand for notaries

2 months ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech Roundup: Using data as currency
Tech

Tech Roundup: Using data as currency

Silicon Valley startup DrumWave, founded by a Brazilian, is working with a set of big companies to kick-start a new logic (and business) around data in Brazil

3 months ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech Roundup: Brazil's cybersecurity policy
Tech

Tech Roundup: Brazil has a new cybersecurity policy

The matter of cybersecurity in Brazil will be overseen by a committee led by the military-run Institutional Security Office

3 months ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
serasa data leak
Insider

Prosecutors go after credit monitoring agency over massive data leak

4 months ago • Amanda Audi
Opinion polls show increasing power of right-wing governors
Politics

Opinion polls show increasing power of right-wing governors

7 days ago • Gustavo Ribeiro and Cedê Silva
Elon Musk is a freedom of speech absolutist — when it suits him. Photo: Frederic Legrand/COMEO/Shutterstock
Politics

How Elon Musk joins Brazil’s online far-right

1 week ago • Cedê Silva
Musk probe increases likelihood of an X ban in Brazil
Politics

Musk probe increases the likelihood of an X ban in Brazil

1 week ago • Paulo Roberto Netto
immunity Congress and the Supreme Court are at each other's throats on most issues. The rules governing how elected officials can be prosecuted and tried are the latest example
Politics

Congress, Supreme Court battle on immunity rules

2 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Supreme Court rules out putschist interpretation of Constitution
Politics

Supreme Court rules out putschist interpretation of Constitution

2 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
rogerio bolsonaro senate drugs
Insider

Senators try to outmaneuver Supreme Court on drugs issue

2 days ago • Cedê Silva
lula colombia
Insider

Lula is Colombia-bound for meeting with Petro

2 days ago • Cedê Silva
budgetary guidelines proposal
Insider

Budgetary guidelines bill moves Brazil’s fiscal goalposts

3 days ago • Cedê Silva
The Brazilian Report was honored for its commitment to excellence in journalism, user experience, and innovation wan-ifra
Insider

The Brazilian Report named best news website in the Americas

7 days ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
public service esther dweck
Insider

Government denies raises while boosting public service numbers

1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Brazil keen on moving fiscal goalposts
Economy

Brazil keen on moving fiscal goalposts

5 days ago • Cedê Silva
Market Roundup: Rules for betting platforms to be set in four stages Igor Kyrlytsya
Economy

Market Roundup: Rules for betting platforms to be set in four stages

6 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
March inflation a good omen for Brazilian economy
Economy

March inflation a good omen for Brazilian economy

1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Corporate financing via capital market breaks record
Economy

Market Roundup: Corporate financing via capital market breaks record

2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
cocoa brazil
Economy

Once a major exporter, Brazil seeks cocoa self-sufficiency

2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
eduardo paes web summit rio
Tech

Rio wants to be the new LatAm innovation capital with Web Summit

2 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
web summit rio
Tech

Tech Roundup: What to expect from Web Summit Rio 2024

4 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Accessercise, an app co-created by British Paralympian Ali Jawad, rolls out in the second half this year in Brazil, offering more than 400 video lessons for people with disabilities
Tech

Tech Roundup: An inclusive fitness app lands in Brazil

2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
solar power subscription
Tech

Tech Roundup: Solar power by subscription

2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
road maned wolf
Tech

Tech Roundup: AI to save animals

4 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
comando vermelho graffiti rio
Society

Drug traffickers retake Rio territories from militias, study finds

1 day ago • Isabela Cruz
farmers The European hare is an invasive species in Brazil, causing agricultural havoc wherever it spreads. Photo: Leo Bucher / Shutterstock
Society

A hare-raising challenge in southern Brazil as invasive species multiplies like rabbits

1 week ago • Euan Marshall
Volunteers prepare to distribute food donations to favelas residents in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Celso Pupo/Shutterstock
Society

Healthy food hard to come by in Brazil’s favelas

2 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
militias rio de janeiro In Rio de Janeiro, real estate expansion and exploitation have become one of the main financial arms of organized crime. Photo: Ilan Pellenberg/FramePhoto/Folhapress
Society

Urban militias show the “Mexicanization” of Rio de Janeiro

3 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Covid infections are going up in Brazil. Photo: Joa Souza/Shutterstock
Society

Brazil records Covid spike, and coronavirus still kills plenty

2 months ago • TBR Newsroom
Petrobras is failing on Paris climate goals
Environment

Petrobras is failing on Paris climate goals

4 weeks ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Brazil's coal city resists energy transition
Environment

Brazil’s coal city resists energy transition

4 weeks ago • André Borges
amazon climate change
Environment

Amazon climate crisis continues with Acre floods and Roraima fires

1 month ago • Cedê Silva
deforestation
Environment

After 2023 highs, Cerrado deforestation drops in January

2 months ago • Gustavo Ribeiro and Cedê Silva
Santo AntĂ´nio hydroelectric
Environment

Brazil-Bolivia dam reignites debates on power in the Amazon

2 months ago • Kevin Damasio
ecuador noboa
Latin America

Could Ecuador’s referendum mark the birth of a new Bukele?

11 hours ago • Lucas Berti
British bank Revolut granted license in Mexico
Latin America

British bank Revolut granted license in Mexico

6 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
sign language
Latin America

How Nicaragua developed its own sign language

1 week ago • Lucas Berti
u.s. trade china mexico
Latin America

Trade tensions rise as U.S. accuses China of using Mexico as backdoor

2 weeks ago • David Feliba
Violence casts a shadow over Mexico presidential cycle
Latin America

Violence casts a shadow over Mexico’s presidential cycle

3 weeks ago • Lucas Berti
x twitter elon musk
Opinion

The future of X in Brazil, under Elon Musk

3 days ago • Andre Pagliarini
data protection privacy
Opinion

AI and data protection in the spotlight at Global Privacy Summit

3 days ago • Marcela Mattiuzzo and Paula Pedigoni Ponce
Brazil's nuclear energy goals may be focused more on military objectives than adding much to their ambitious sustainability agenda
Opinion

The future of nuclear power in Brazil’s diversified energy infrastructure

1 week ago • Jennifer Eaglin
curb AI-generated disinformation elections
Opinion

Is Brazil going too far to curb AI-generated disinformation?

2 weeks ago • Bruna Santos
colorado peña paraguay
Opinion

The dangerous hubris of Paraguay’s Colorado Party

4 weeks ago • Gabriel Cohen