Internet & Online Safety · Argentina
Internet & Online Safety - Argentina
Argentina has no comprehensive online-safety or content-moderation law comparable to the EU DSA or UK OSA. Platform/intermediary liability is governed primarily by Supreme Court case law requiring 'actual knowledge' of unlawful content before liability attaches, supplemented by criminal statutes on grooming and child protection and the data-protection regime; the internet is broadly free from state censorship. Multiple bills on platform obligations and minors' age-verification are under debate in Congress but remain proposals.
There is no enacted comprehensive online-safety or platform-regulation statute. Online content is regulated through general civil/criminal law, court doctrine, and sector rules rather than a dedicated content-moderation regime.
In Rodríguez v. Google/Yahoo (CSJN, 2014) the Supreme Court held search engines and intermediaries are not strictly liable for third-party content; liability requires 'actual knowledge' of clearly unlawful content and failure to act, with notice specifying the precise location of the material.
Law 26.032 (2005) extends constitutional free-expression guarantees to internet services; Freedom House rates Argentina's internet as generally 'free' with no systematic state censorship or filtering.
Law 26.904 criminalizes online grooming; Law 26.388 covers child sexual content and obscene material to minors; Law 27.590 (Mica Ortega Act, 2020) created a national grooming-prevention and awareness program. These target child protection rather than general platform moderation.
No general age-verification mandate is in force. Bills such as the 'safe digital environments for children and adolescents' bill (Bill 5379-D-2024) and 2026 proposals (e.g., 1114-D-2026) would set minimum ages and parental-consent tiers for social media, but remain pending in Congress.
Personal Data Protection Act 25.326, enforced by the Agencia de Acceso a la Información Pública (AAIP), governs personal data including minors' data online; the AAIP has issued guidelines on data protection of children. A draft modernized data-protection law is also pending.
Machine-assisted translation · verified 5/23/2026 · orientation, not legal advice. English version →