The Ministry of Justice wants to expand the discussion on illicit content available on social networks and seek consensus on topics that have support from society, such as the removal of illegal advertisements, for example.
It is a change of focus in relation to the discussions that were being conducted in the government and in Congress and were based on the premise of the need to confront.
The issue is met with resistance from conservative sectors of society, who argue that regulation of this type could .
The assessment is that, by taking the focus away from fake news, it is possible to broaden the discussion to attract society’s support for the need for platforms to be responsible for the risks inherent to the services they provide, in line with the laws in force in the country on consumer protection, protection of children and adolescents and regulation of services.
The secretariat wants to encourage a more macro view of the issue, including on the agenda products that cannot be sold in Brazil, fraud against vulnerable groups and the fight against child sexual abuse.
The removal could be indicated by competent bodies, such as trusted flaggers, entities specialized in identifying illegal content and notifying platforms.
In Brazil, an idea studied is the use of information to act in this role, based on the analysis that they would have the competence and legitimacy to signal what is legal or not.
This way, one of the points criticized in one of the versions of the fake news project would be minimized, which was the possibility for any user to report content, which could lead to a large volume of notifications that would need to be analyzed by companies.
Despite the ideas studied, there is still no government position on whether any changes would be made by a bill sent by the Executive or whether any text currently being processed in Congress would be used.
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