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The Safe Digital Environments Law (in Spanish: Ley de Entornos Digitales Seguros) is a proposed legislation in Chile for banning users under the age of 16 from social media.

Background

With many countries proposing social media bans for minors, such as Malaysia with the Malaysia Online Safety Act 2025 (ONSA), Australia and the European Union proposing to do the same, the Chilean government announced in April 2026 the Safe Digital Environments plan to ban users under 16 from social media. https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2026/04/27/chile-busca-limitar-el-acceso-en-redes-sociales-a-menores-de-16-anos/ https://www.t13.cl/noticia/nacional/plan-entornos-digitales-seguros-ministerio-del-desarrollo-social-presentara-pro-26-4-2026

Proposals

There's no published bill yet, but proposals from the ministry point to add mandatory age verification to sites that are social media to prevent underage users to access to these sites. The Social Development & Family Minister, María Jesús Wulf, there are plans of adding age verification systems requiring https://elamerica.cl/2026/05/25/para-proteger-a-tus-hijos-en-internet-asi-es-el-plan-nacional-de-entornos-digitales-seguros/

Consumer response

Several users on Reddit have spread awareness about the privacy and censorship concerns when the bill was announced. Some users have also highlighted the incompatibility of the project with the Net Neutrality Law established in the country. https://www.reddit.com/r/chile/comments/1u42z0z/ministra_wulf_adelant%C3%B3_posible_control_de_edad_en/ https://www.reddit.com/r/chile/comments/1t6qrh9/ya_chiquillos_es_hora_de_deterner_el_age_check/ https://www.reddit.com/r/chile/comments/1t5zw1i/chile_copia_a_inglaterra_la_ley_online_safety_act/

Government response

According to María Jesús Wulf, the bill has "no objective to limit or restrict childrens' own liberties and rigts, but protecting them for harrassment and harmful aspects online". Also she mentioned the implementations of ClaveÚnica are only "to verify age and not identity". https://www.diarioeldia.cl/noticias/2026/06/12/141022-clavenica-en-redes-gobierno-evalua-verificar-edad-de-menores https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/bbcl-explica/bbcl-explica-notas/2026/06/12/ministra-wulf-adelanto-posible-control-de-edad-en-rrss-a-traves-de-claveunica-que-se-sabe-hasta-ahora.shtml

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-The Safe Digital Environments Law (in Spanish: Ley de Entornos Digitales Seguros) is a proposed legislation in Chile for banning users under the age of 16 from social media.
+'''The Safe Digital Environments Law''' (in Spanish: Ley de Entornos Digitales Seguros) is a proposed legislation in Chile for banning users under the age of 16 from social media.
 ==Background==
-With many countries proposing social media bans for minors, such as Malaysia with the [[Malaysia Online Safety Act 2025 (ONSA)]], Australia and the European Union proposing to do the same, the Chilean government
+With many countries proposing social media bans for minors, such as Malaysia with the [[Malaysia Online Safety Act 2025 (ONSA)]], Australia and the European Union proposing to do the same, the Chilean government announced in April 2026 the Safe Digital Environments plan to ban users under 16 from social media.
+https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2026/04/27/chile-busca-limitar-el-acceso-en-redes-sociales-a-menores-de-16-anos/
+https://www.t13.cl/noticia/nacional/plan-entornos-digitales-seguros-ministerio-del-desarrollo-social-presentara-pro-26-4-2026
 ==Proposals==
+There's no published bill yet, but proposals from the ministry point to add mandatory [[age verification]] to sites that are social media to prevent underage users to access to these sites. The Social Development & Family Minister, María Jesús Wulf, there are plans of adding age verification systems requiring
-==Affected Platforms==
+https://elamerica.cl/2026/05/25/para-proteger-a-tus-hijos-en-internet-asi-es-el-plan-nacional-de-entornos-digitales-seguros/
 ==Consumer response==
-Several users on [[Reddit]] have spread awareness about the privacy and censorship concerns when the bill was announced. Some users have also highlighted the incompatibility of the bill with the [[Net Neutrality Law]] established in the country.
+Several users on [[Reddit]] have spread awareness about the privacy and censorship concerns when the bill was announced. Some users have also highlighted the incompatibility of the project with the [[Net Neutrality Law]] established in the country.
 https://www.reddit.com/r/chile/comments/1u42z0z/ministra_wulf_adelant%C3%B3_posible_control_de_edad_en/
 https://www.reddit.com/r/chile/comments/1t6qrh9/ya_chiquillos_es_hora_de_deterner_el_age_check/
 https://www.reddit.com/r/chile/comments/1t5zw1i/chile_copia_a_inglaterra_la_ley_online_safety_act/
 ==Government response==
+According to María Jesús Wulf, the bill has "no objective to limit or restrict childrens' own liberties and rigts, but protecting them for harrassment and harmful aspects online". Also she mentioned the implementations of ClaveÚnica are only "to verify age and not identity".
+https://www.diarioeldia.cl/noticias/2026/06/12/141022-clavenica-en-redes-gobierno-evalua-verificar-edad-de-menores
 https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/bbcl-explica/bbcl-explica-notas/2026/06/12/ministra-wulf-adelanto-posible-control-de-edad-en-rrss-a-traves-de-claveunica-que-se-sabe-hasta-ahora.shtml
 ==References==