Argentina Congress reviews AI and cyber bills

Argentina has at least a dozen legislative and provincial initiatives underway tied to artificial intelligence, digital violence, sexual deepfakes and cyber risk. At the national level, the Chamber of Deputies has several bills still awaiting final approval, while Catamarca has already given preliminary approval to a law against sexual deepfakes and Buenos Aires, Tucumán and Rosario are making their own progress.

What is happening in the national Congress on artificial intelligence?

The National Chamber of Deputies has several artificial intelligence bills on the table, but none has a scheduled debate date in the parliamentary agenda, according to an Amnesty International report cited by an Argentine outlet. Among the proposals is a plan to create a dedicated national AI agency, though formal progress is still pending.

The lower house website also lists bills in progress in the Human Rights and Guarantees Committee. They include 4219-D-2025, which sets a regulatory framework for the development, implementation and use of AI in the national public administration, 1937-D-2025, which proposes regulating AI nationwide and creating a Ministry of Artificial Intelligence, and 6156-D-2024, which creates a regulatory framework with a national registry of AI systems. None has received final approval.

Added to that is a resolution proposal introduced by Deputy Mariela Coletta of Provincias Unidas, calling for a participatory digital public consultation on the challenges of artificial intelligence and digital environments for children and adolescents. The initiative was referred to the Constitutional Affairs and Families, Childhood and Youth committees. Under the proposal, the consultation would be open, nonbinding and run for ten consecutive days within the Families, Childhood and Youth Committee, followed by a report for a public hearing and possible targeted legislative proposals.

What does the Ema Law propose in Buenos Aires?

The so-called Ema Law advanced in the Buenos Aires provincial Chamber of Deputies with favorable committee reports from Education and General Legislation, leaving it ready for possible debate in a session scheduled for Aug. 27. The bill seeks to prevent and address digital violence and cyberbullying in schools.

According to information published by Ahorainfo, the proposal would require the General Directorate of Culture and Education to include, at every level, content on privacy, consent, ethical use of technology, handling artificial intelligence and digital citizenship. It also expands coverage to cybersecurity education and data protection in schools.

Political support was also reflected in public comments from Buenos Aires lawmaker Mayra Mendoza, who said the Ema Law already has committee approval and framed it as a tool to address coexistence, citizenship and digital violence in the school digital environment. In parallel, Rosario has joined the law for the prevention and handling of digital violence in schools, defining that violence as any conduct committed, instigated or worsened through information and communication technologies that seeks to cause physical, psychological, economic, sexual or moral harm.

What changed in Catamarca with sexual deepfakes?

The Catamarca Chamber of Deputies gave preliminary approval to a bill creating a prevention, assistance and punishment regime for the creation and distribution of sexual deepfakes and other intimate content generated or manipulated with artificial intelligence. The measure now moves to the provincial Senate.

The proposal includes the creation of a Provincial Observatory on Digital Violence with duties that include collecting information, producing reports, supporting victims, developing prevention and training campaigns, and promoting education on digital violence, privacy, consent, digital identity, data protection and responsible use of artificial intelligence. It also provides for the gradual addition of these topics in secondary education.

The bill also sets out mechanisms to make it easier to report, detect, remove and block intimate content generated or manipulated with AI. Victims would be entitled to legal advice, psychological support and protection of their identity and confidentiality.

What is Tucumán doing on digital environments?

In the Tucumán legislature, the Science and Technology Committee issued a favorable report on a bill to protect children and adolescents in digital environments. The initiative calls for the creation of a Digital Environments Observatory and sets a 180-day deadline for implementation once the law is enacted.

How does cyber risk enter autonomous vehicles?

A group of national PRO deputies introduced a bill to amend Insurance Law 17,418 and create a new framework for autonomous vehicles. The proposal, signed by Cristian Ritondo, Javier Sánchez Wrba, Martín Yeza, Fernando De Andreis, Martín Ardohain, Emmanuel Bianchetti, María Florencia De Sensi, Antonela Giampieri and Alejandro Finocchiaro, expressly recognizes the cyber risk tied to these vehicles as a separate insurable risk.

The text also calls for a mandatory black box, a distinction between risk in manual mode and autonomous mode, coverage through policies or specific clauses, and a special reinsurance regime for emerging technology risks. The bill remains under review in the National Chamber of Deputies.