Online safety & content laws in Latvia (2026)

On 27 February 2024 the Cabinet of Ministers approved amendments to the Law on Information Society Services to transpose DSA obligations; the amended law entered into force on 21 June 2024, making Latvia one of the earlier EU states to complete formal national adaptation of the DSA.

PTAC (Consumer Rights Protection Centre) became Latvia's DSC on 21 June 2024, empowered to request information, conduct warrantless on-site inspections, issue compliance orders, and impose fines up to 6% of worldwide annual turnover (periodic penalties up to 5% of average daily turnover for ongoing non-compliance).

In its first annual report covering 2024, PTAC recorded 288 orders requiring restriction of intermediary services (predominantly gambling-related) and received 3 formal DSA breach complaints; the number of complaints is projected to grow substantially in 2025.

In 2024, twelve Latvian public authorities signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to coordinate DSA enforcement across sectors, ensuring PTAC can draw on sector-specific regulators (gambling, financial services, telecoms) when handling cross-domain complaints.

Under Electronic Communications Law amendments adopted 10 March 2022, NEPLP may order ISPs and the .lv registry to block websites containing content that endangers national security. A further December 2024 amendment to the Copyright Law added NEPLP authority to block piracy websites.

Latvia applies DSA Article 28 obligations on platforms accessible to minors and has an active Safer Internet Centre raising public awareness. No standalone national age-verification statute exists; Latvia relies on the EU DSA framework and the European Commission's age-verification blueprint (published July 2025) for implementation guidance.