Colombia adds digital protections for minors

New internet protection framework

In 2026, the Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies formally presented Decree 0769 of 2026, describing it as a new set of rules for online protection. The measure is part of the regulatory framework Colombia has been building around digital privacy for minors, alongside Law 2489 of 2025.

Law 2489 of 2025 and compliance obligations

The regulatory question left open is how those rules connect with the compliance duties that could fall on platforms and other players in the digital ecosystem. The material provided does not spell out the full content of the decree or the law, but it does place both measures within a new digital privacy framework for minors in Colombia.

Bills still moving through Congress

At the same time, lawmakers from the Centro Democrático party introduced a bill in Colombia's Congress in 2026 to regulate minors' use of social media. According to the reporting cited, the proposal could include age-verification requirements and access limits, although the details of its legislative progress and the official text still depend on information confirmed by Congress.

That legislative tracking can be done through Congreso Visible, the University of the Andes platform that records and publishes bills under consideration. There, users can follow parliamentary status, sponsors and the scope of proposals, including those related to cybersecurity, data protection and digital platform regulation.

What Congreso Visible shows

Public access to those legislative files shows that the debate is not limited to a single rule. While the executive branch presented Decree 0769 of 2026, Congress still has active initiatives aimed at minors' use of social media and other areas of the digital environment. In that map, Congreso Visible serves as the reference point for checking which bills move forward, who is promoting them and how far they reach in Parliament.