Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro looks on during a ceremony at the Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil September 14, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
BRASILIA, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Brazilian Senate leader Rodrigo Pacheco said on Tuesday he would not consider President Jair Bolsonaro's decree limiting social networks' power to remove content, killing a measure that had met with widespread opposition from tech giants.
Pacheco said Bolsonaro's temporary measure, which required congressional approval to become law, did not comply with regulatory requirements and introduced "considerable legal uncertainty."
Brazil's federal judiciary, which is probing fake news in the country, has been trying to weed out online outfits that critics accuse of spreading misinformation, forcing major tech players such as Google's (GOOGL.O) YouTube to act.
Bolsonaro signed the decree changing internet regulations to combat "arbitrary removal" of accounts, profiles and content ahead of a major political rally last week.
The decree aimed to protect "freedom of speech," the president's office said at the time. But it generated significant pushback in Brazil, with Google, Facebook (FB.O) and Twitter (TWTR.N) all coming out against the measure.
The decision is another setback for Bolsonaro, who is down in the polls after overseeing the world's second deadliest outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. He is grappling with rising inflation and a weak economy ahead of a 2022 presidential election whose...
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