Liberals in name only: MBL wants public regulation of social media.
The movement criticizes economic liberalism, advocating for minimal state intervention, but after having allied pages removed from Facebook, it requested that the Supreme Federal Court intervene in the regulation of policies for removing content and digital pages.
By William De Lucca Contrary to what the liberal doctrine preaches, which advocates minimal state regulatory interference in the market, the Free Brazil Movement (MBL) wants the judiciary to regulate the internal policies of social media companies in Brazil.
According to BR-18, MBL filed a writ of mandamus with the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to compel the Presidency to issue regulations governing policies for removing digital content and pages.
On Wednesday, Facebook deleted around 300 profiles and pages, many of them linked to the movement, which has been protesting against the measure. Since Thursday (26), MBL activists have been camped in front of Mark Zuckerberg's company headquarters in São Paulo, demanding the return of the pages.