Brazil's Supreme Court Orders Google, Meta, Spotify Presidents to Testify

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Post by whatsu » Tue, May 02, 2023, 6:40 PM UTC

Brazil's Supreme Court Orders Google, Meta, Spotify Presidents to Testify
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Post by whatsu » Tue, May 02, 2023, 6:40 PM UTC

The Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF), through Justice Alexandre de Moraes, ruled on Tuesday (May 2) that the presidents of the Big Tech companies (Google, Meta, Spotify) must testify before the Federal Police (PF) to clarify why they authorized mechanisms that could contribute to potential disinformation against the Fake News Bill (PL das Fake News).

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Post by wsgeorge » Tue, May 02, 2023, 10:01 PM UTC

Would it be fair to just let the Brazilian government have its way with how these services are consumed within their country?

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Post by matheusmoreira » Wed, May 03, 2023, 1:30 AM UTC

wsgeorge wrote: post #3

Would it be fair to just let the Brazilian government have its way with how these services are consumed within their country?

Would it be fair to let the brazilian government basically take over control of social media companies and their moderation whenever it wants so it can unilaterally censor anything at any time? That's essentially what this law says. It also holds them responsible for user generated content.

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Post by kramerger » Wed, May 03, 2023, 6:07 AM UTC

whatsu wrote: post #2

The Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF), through Justice Alexandre de Moraes, ruled on Tuesday (May 2) that the presidents of the Big Tech companies (Google, Meta, Spotify) must testify before the Federal Police (PF) to clarify why they authorized mechanisms that could contribute to potential disinformation against the Fake News Bill (PL das Fake News).

Would be interesting to hear exactly what "mechanisms" this is about.

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Post by kramerger » Wed, May 03, 2023, 6:15 AM UTC

"You honor, Mark could not join us today as he is still rebooting after a firmware upgrade."

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Post by kramerger » Wed, May 03, 2023, 6:16 AM UTC

matheusmoreira wrote: post #4

wsgeorge wrote: post #3

Would it be fair to just let the Brazilian government have its way with how these services are consumed within their country?

Would it be fair to let the brazilian government basically take over control of social media companies and their moderation whenever it wants so it can unilaterally censor anything at any time? That's essentially what this law says. It also holds them responsible for user generated content.

You mean like China? Or Russia since 2022?

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Post by lobocinza » Wed, May 03, 2023, 5:13 PM UTC

kramerger wrote: post #7

matheusmoreira wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would it be fair to let the brazilian government basically take over control of social media companies and their moderation whenever it wants so it can unilaterally censor anything at any time? That's essentially what this law says. It also holds them responsible for user generated content.

You mean like China? Or Russia since 2022?

Finally the BRICS countries have something in common: authoritarianism.