How Brazil Has Leapt Ahead Of The U.S. With An Internet Bill Of Rights

One of the largest Internet markets just signed landmark legislation guaranteeing net neutrality, a limit to the data advertisers can collect on users, and limits on government surveillance on the Internet.

Brazil is one of the biggest foreign markets around for Facebook and Google--and it's one of the places where the NSA loves to snoop on the President's email accounts. It's also a place where the Internet landscape is diverging from the United States in a way that benefits ordinary digital citizens: On April 21, Brazil's congress passed a legally binding "Internet Bill of Rights."

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