Sao Paulo: Last Monday, on the eve of Brazilian Independence Day, President Jair Bolsonaro signed a provisional measure (MP) which prohibits social media firms from removing certain content, including fake news, from their networks. The order was signed by Bolsonaro just ahead of his September 7 rallies in Brasilia and Sao Paulo, where he said that he would lose the next year’s presidential election only because of fraud – a claim he has made repeatedly with fake news on social media. This has put the president on a collision course with the Congress and Supreme Court which are both investigating Bolsonaro and his sons for running a fake news racket.
Fake news sits at the heart of Bolsonaro’s presidency. With the new decree, which will lapse if not approved as full law by the Congress in 120 days, he trying to protect fake news from any oversight and removal by social media firms. The MP could be a major change in the Brazilian internet law of 2014 as it makes it impossible for social networks to control the dissemination of false information. As per Bolsonaro’s MP, tech firms can only act for a “just cause”, which does not include fake news; the decree also allows social media users to ask the government to punish the web platforms and restore a post if it is removed for being fake news.
According to the new measure, social networks can only delete posts or suspend accounts in the cases of fake profiles, accounts run by robots, posts that contain nudity, incite crimes...
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