Internet in Brazil

.br is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Brazil. It was administered by the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee until 2005 when it started being administered by Brazilian Network Information Center. A local contact is required for any registration. Registrations of domain names with Portuguese characters are also accepted.

2019 controversy

judicial order to block access to Twitter in Brazil

law that governs the use of the Internet in Brazil, through forecasting principles, guarantees, rights and duties to those who use the network as well as the determination of guidelines for state action

Brontok is a computer worm running on Microsoft Windows. It is able to disperse by e-mail. Variants include:

The domain name rio is a top-level domain (TLD) for Rio de Janeiro in the Domain Name System of the Internet. On 27 February 2014, ICANN and Empresa Municipal de Informática SA – IPLANRIO entered into a Registry Agreement under which Empresa Municipal de Informática SA – IPLANRIO operates the TLD. It was officially launched in 2015.

overview about the Internet in Brazil

guidance organization for the Internet in Brazil

cyber activism project