Coalizão Direitos na Rede

What Coalizão Direitos na Rede does

Coalizão Direitos na Rede (CDR) is a Brazilian non-profit civil society coalition founded on 13 July 2016 in Brasília, comprising over 40 academic and civil society organizations that advocate for digital rights. The coalition's stated purpose is to defend universal internet access, network neutrality, digital literacy, data protection, freedom of expression online, and protection against surveillance and algorithmic opacity. Its outputs include public advocacy campaigns (e.g., #CriptoAgosto, #LiberaMinhaNet, #SemFakeNewsComDireitos), technical notes and public manifestos, podcasts, weekly email bulletins, and direct engagement with Brazil's Congress, Senate, regulatory agencies (ANATEL, ANPD, CNPD), the Executive branch, and the Supreme Court (STF). CDR operates as a coalition rather than an autonomous legal entity, and each member organization maintains its own legal status and data protection policy.

The coalition's service offering is structured around eight thematic working groups: access, personal data, elections, artificial intelligence, freedom of expression, platform regulation, digital health, and surveillance. CDR was among the most active civil society participants in the legislative process that produced Brazil's General Data Protection Law (LGPD) in 2018 and led advocacy for the law's immediate effectiveness in 2020. Since 2023 it has intensified work on Brazil's AI regulation (PL 2338/2023) and on platform regulation bills (PL 4675/2025), and in 2026 it has entered digital-health policy debates around PL 5875/2013 and CNPD composition. International engagement includes joint advocacy with Access Now via complaint letters to the European Commission, Council of Europe, and Global Privacy Assembly regarding ANPD concerns.

CDR does not sell products, services, or data and generates no commercial revenue; its operations are funded through member organization contributions and likely external grants supporting digital rights advocacy. The coalition operates as a distributed network with a small staff of approximately 10, coordinated through an Executive Secretariat (Janaina Spode) and supported by a conventional technology stack — WordPress for the website, self-hosted Matomo for analytics, Signal for internal coordination, and a SpeakOut! Email Petitions plugin for campaign participation. Distribution runs through the coalition website, social channels (Bluesky, Instagram, LinkedIn, X), podcasts, email newsletter, public campaigns, and direct advocacy to government bodies, all within a single-country (Brazil) footprint.

Name

Coalizão Direitos na Rede

Legal name

Coalizão Direitos na Rede

Website

https://direitosnarede.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Coalizão Direitos na Rede (CDR) is a Brazilian non-profit coalition of over 40 academic and civil society organizations, founded in 2016, that advocates for digital rights through public campaigns, technical publications, and direct engagement with Congress, regulators (ANATEL, ANPD, CNPD), and the judiciary.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Not specified

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

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B2B

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Services

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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Non-profit Coalition Operations: Coalizão Direitos na Rede is a non-profit collective of civil society organizations aligned in common objectives. As stated in their privacy policy, they do not sell data or use it for profit-making purposes. The organization operates through member organization contributions and likely external funding from grants supporting digital rights advocacy.

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Core offering

Coalizão Direitos na Rede (CDR) is a coalition of dozens of Brazilian civil society and academic organizations founded in 2016 to defend digital rights. It operates advocacy campaigns, produces technical publications and podcasts, coordinates working groups, and directly engages with Congress, regulatory agencies (ANATEL, ANPD, CNPD), and the judiciary on internet access, data protection, AI regulation, platform governance, and surveillance issues.

Product overview

Coalizão Direitos na Rede (CDR) is a civil society coalition, not a technology product company. It is a network of academic and civil society organizations defending digital rights in Brazil. CDR does not offer a unified software product but rather provides advocacy services including public campaigns, technical publications, podcasts, and organizes working groups on topics such as internet access, data protection, AI regulation, platform governance, and digital privacy. The organization operates as a collective advocating for digital rights through legislative engagement, public campaigns, and educational content.

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Products and services

• Advocacy Campaigns Public advocacy campaigns addressing internet access, data protection, AI regulation, and platform regulation, including initiatives such as #SeusDadosSãoVocê, #CriptoAgosto, #LiberaMinhaNet, and platform regulation advocacy. Targeted at Brazilian citizens and policymakers.
• Publications and Technical Notes
• Podcasts and Multimedia Content
• Coalition Working Groups

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Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ação Educativa – Assessoria, Pesquisa e InformaçãocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember organization of the Coalizão Direitos na Rede coalition, focused on education and research in digital rights.
• Artigo 19coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational human rights organization focused on freedom of expression, member of CDR coalition.
• Associação Data Privacy Brasil de PesquisacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch association specializing in data privacy, contributing expertise to CDR's data protection work.
• Coding RightscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization focused on gender, sexuality, and technology rights, contributing to CDR's surveillance and privacy work.
• InternetLab – Centro de pesquisa em direito e tecnologiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch center specializing in law and technology, contributing research and analysis to CDR's policy advocacy.
• Intervozes – Coletivo Brasil de Comunicação SocialcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollective focused on communication rights and media justice in Brazil, contributing to CDR's access and expression work.
• Open Knowledge BrasilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization promoting open knowledge and transparency, contributing to CDR's open data and access initiatives.
• Instituto AlanacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit institute focused on children's rights in digital environments, contributing to CDR's child protection work.
• Fórum Nacional pela Democratização da Comunicação – FNDCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational forum for communication democratization, contributing to CDR's media and platform regulation advocacy.
• Access NowminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational digital rights organization. CDR collaborated with Access Now to send complaint letters to European Commission, Council of Europe, and Global Privacy Assembly regarding ANPD concerns.

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Direct peers

• Intervozes: Brazilian collective focused on communication rights and media justice. Comparable to CDR's work on platform regulation, freedom of expression, and democratic internet governance in Brazil.
• Access Now: International digital rights organization with similar advocacy focus on privacy, AI governance, and platform regulation. CDR has directly collaborated with Access Now on complaint letters to European and international bodies, making it the most operationally comparable peer.
• Fórum Nacional pela Democratização da Comunicação (FNDC): National Brazilian forum advocating for communication democratization. Comparable to CDR's media and platform regulation advocacy, with overlapping membership and coordinated legislative campaigns.
• InternetLab: Brazilian research center specializing in law and technology. Comparable to CDR's policy research and technical analysis function on digital rights, particularly around platform regulation and data protection.
• Open Knowledge Brasil: Brazilian organization promoting open knowledge, transparency, and open data. Comparable to CDR's work on access, transparency, and democratic governance of digital infrastructure in Brazil.
• Artigo 19: International human rights organization focused on freedom of expression and digital rights. Member of CDR coalition, but also operates independently on comparable advocacy in Brazil and globally, making it a direct peer.
• Associação Data Privacy Brasil de Pesquisa: Brazilian research association specializing in data privacy. Comparable to CDR's data protection and LGPD-related advocacy work, often publishing overlapping technical analyses.
• Coding Rights: Brazilian organization focused on gender, sexuality, and technology rights, contributing to surveillance and privacy advocacy. Comparable to CDR as a specialized digital rights civil society organization operating in Brazil.

Broad incumbents

• Electronic Frontier Foundation: Largest and most established digital rights advocacy organization globally, focused on privacy, free expression, and innovation. Comparable to CDR in mission and advocacy methodology, though broader in geographic and topical scope.
• Mozilla Foundation: Global non-profit foundation advocating for an open and healthy internet, with comparable focus on AI governance, privacy, and platform accountability. Broader in scope and significantly larger in resources than CDR.

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Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cdr_br
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cdrbr
• Instagraminstagram.com/direitosnarede

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