Brazil Asks Meta To Remove Chatbots That 'Eroticise' Children
Last update: August 23, 2025
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Brazil's government has ordered US technology giant Meta to remove its platforms of chatbots that mimic children and can make sexually suggestive remarks, the attorney general's office (AGU) has announced.
Users of Meta's platforms, which include Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, can create and customise such bots using the company's generative artificial intelligence, AI Studio.
The AGU said in a statement that Meta must "immediately" remove "artificial intelligence robots that simulate profiles with childlike language and appearance and are allowed to engage in sexually explicit dialogue."
The office also denounced the "proliferation" of such bots in what it called an "extrajudicial notice" sent to Meta last week, adding that they "promote the eroticization of children."
The document cited several examples of sexually charged conversations with bots pretending to be minors.
The AGU's request does not include sanctions, but the agency said it had reminded Meta that online platforms in Brazil must take down illicit content created by their users, even without
a court order.
