Shortly after Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg announced the end of content moderation on its platforms, Brazil responded with a 72-hour ultimatum: the American company must announce by Monday how the significantly lax course in content moderation will line up with Brazilian laws. Will Work. ,
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Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that he wants to bring about a turning point on the Facebook, Instagram, and Threads platforms. Controversial and especially political topics should therefore be less restricted by automated filters and moderators in the future.
Brazilian judiciary gave ultimatum
Additionally, Meta will initially stop working with so-called fact checkers in the United States, Zuckerberg announced on Instagram on Tuesday. Instead, Meta will introduce a form of community notes to its platforms based on the model of X (formerly Twitter).
Brazil’s judiciary reacted quickly: like Attorney General Jorge Messias on Friday announcedHis authority submitted an out-of-court request to Meta. Meta should therefore explain how the group wants to protect children and young people, women and small companies that use the platform as a business model in the future.
Meta’s course “very worrying”
Messias described the fact that one of the most important social networks announced it would no longer moderate content as “very worrying”. It has had a major impact on Brazilian society. Particularly with regard to inappropriate content, information related to criminal activities, ethnic conflict and hate speech, the Government is deeply concerned that controls against the spread of fake news are no longer in place.
Brazil has strict laws protecting vulnerable populations and will not allow Meta’s network to turn into a place of “digital slaughter or barbarism,” Messias stressed.
What could be the consequences if Meta does not respond to the Brazilian government was revealed on social media platforms last year Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s news platform was the first to pass a court-imposed deadline to appoint a legal representative. Was allowed. The company also refused to block the accounts of right-wing activists who spread conspiracy stories and misinformation. The ban was lifted after just a few weeks.
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