Online safety & content laws in Colombia (2026)

Enacted July 2025, this law requires digital platforms, apps, video games, and AI services to implement privacy-by-design, age-verification mechanisms, and parental-control tools, and to file bi-annual compliance reports with MinTIC. It establishes a shared-responsibility (corresponsabilidad) model involving the State, families, and platforms.

Unlike Brazil (Marco Civil da Internet, 2014), Colombia lacks a comprehensive intermediary liability statute governing third-party content on platforms. Bills have been introduced in Congress but none enacted as of mid-2026, leaving platform liability legally unsettled.

In 2026 MinTIC published a draft implementing decree specifying technical standards for age verification and safe digital environments under Ley 2489; Colombia's technology sector publicly raised concerns about implementation risks and compliance burdens.

The Communications Regulatory Commission (CRC) oversees internet services and audiovisual content; in 2025 it issued Resolutions 7810 and 7811 to consolidate and simplify the regulatory framework for communications and content providers, reducing reporting obligations for smaller ISPs effective January 2026.

Freedom House rated Colombia 'Free' online in 2025. The government does not block websites systematically; the Constitutional Court ruled in January 2025 that blocking a journalist from an official social media account constitutes censorship, and in May 2025 banned zero-rating practices by ISPs.

Law 679 of 2001 (the Internet Protection Law) prohibits online sexual exploitation of minors and imposes obligations on ISPs and content providers to prevent such material; it predates Ley 2489 and remains in force as a foundational child-protection instrument.