Brazilian regulation of gatekeepers

digital platforms in the national digital market

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https://doi.org/10.21708/issn2526-9488.v10.n19.p62-77.2026

Abstract

This article addresses the possibility of stipulating rules designed to condition the actions of gatekeepers within the Brazilian digital market. For a better understanding of the subject, the discussion is divided into three parts. The first deals with the gatekeeper’s concept and the impacts of its actions on free competition. The second presents the main regulatory initiatives that exist around the world. The third takes care of the legal treatment currently given to these undertakings, within the national reality. It is concluded that small legal adjustments are needed to encourage the better functioning of this sector. However, it is important that the imposed regulation do not become a distortion of its own, affecting the balance of the market.

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Rafaela Iansen Miranda Silva, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

Professora nos Programas de Pós-graduação Lato Sensu e em cursos de curta duração da Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Doutoranda e mestre em Direito Político e Econômico pela Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Atuou como Visiting Scholar na Duke Law School. Possui pós-graduação lato sensu em Direito Constitucional pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo e graduação em Direito pela Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie.

Vicente Bagnoli, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

Professor at Mackenzie Presbyterian University Law School in the Undergraduate and Graduate programs. Director of ASCOLA – Academic Society for Competition Law, chapter Brazil. Non-governmental advisor of the International Competition Network – ICN.

Taisa Tainá Pereira Menqui, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

Ph.D. candidate with a Master’s degree in Political and Economic Law from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Graduate in Law from Unitoledo University of Araçatuba/SP, Criminal Lawyer, volunteer lawyer at “mapa do acolhimento”, researcher in the Public Security and Citizenship research groups and in the Invisible People group with focus in the study on International Human Trafficking, both at Mackenzie Presbyterian University.

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Published

2026-06-16

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Vol. 10 No. 19 (2026): UFERSA's Law Review

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FLUXO CONTÍNUO

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