Brazil’s Lower House Backs Tougher Child‑Sex Crime Penalties as Bill Moves to Senate

Overview

• Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies, which approved the measure on Tuesday, sent PL 3066/25 to the Senate after voting to toughen child‑sex crime penalties and classify more offenses as heinous crimes.
• The bill widens the law to cover any sexual depiction of minors, including AI‑generated or manipulated images, and replaces the term “pedophilia” with “sexual violence against a child or adolescent.”
• Prison terms rise across the board, including three to six years for possession or access and four to ten years for sharing, with asset seizures directed to child‑protection funds and smaller discounts for cases with limited material.
• New aggravating factors increase sentences for using AI, deepfakes, voice or image alteration, multiple platforms, fake profiles, and IP spoofing, with some increases reaching up to two‑thirds.
• The text authorizes a police “virtual patrol” to collect files in public online spaces without a prior warrant and to request connection data in urgent cases, with a judge notified within 48 hours.