Dino delivers to Lula a proposed law that would require big tech companies to reduce coup-related content on their platforms.
Platforms will have to restrict content that calls for the abolition of the rule of law, encourages violence to overthrow the government, and incites animosity between the Armed Forces.
247 - The Minister of Justice and Public Security, Flávio Dino (PSB), will deliver to President Lula (PT) in the coming days a draft law that obliges big tech companies to reduce the coup-mongering content disseminated through digital platforms.
The text stipulates that platforms will have a "duty of care" to restrict content that violates the law, calls for the abolition of the democratic rule of law, encourages violence to overthrow the government, and publicly incites animosity between the Armed Forces and constitutional powers.
Big tech companies will have to periodically submit reports detailing how they removed or reduced the reach of the content in question.
Platforms will not be held civilly liable for violations unless the breach of the law is widespread.
"Now, in the case of a court order to remove content that violates the Law of the Democratic State, the proposed law provides for rules similar to the resolution adopted by the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) ten days before the second round of the 2022 presidential election. The resolution established a deadline of two hours after notification for the removal of the publication, under penalty of a fine of R$ 100 to R$ 150 per hour of non-compliance," explains the... Folha de S. Paul.
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