The president’s government () met this Friday morning (10) to discuss the impacts of the decision.
After the meeting, at Palácio do Planalto, minister Jorge Messias () said that the government will not allow social networks to turn into “digital barbarism”, and said that he will ask Meta for explanations about the new policy.
“Due to this company’s lack of transparency, we will present an extrajudicial notification and the company will have 72 hours to inform the Brazilian government what its policy towards Brazil actually is,” he said.
“Remembering that Brazil has very strict legislation in the protection of children and adolescents, in the protection of vulnerable populations, in the protection of the business environment and that we will in no way allow these networks to transform the environment into digital carnage or barbarism “, he added.
Furthermore, Minister Rui Costa (Casa Civil) also said that the government will continue to discuss a new legal framework for regulating social networks in a working group, which will also be created.
The group will discuss the best way to support a project or send a new one, eventually, and will talk to leaders and the presidents of both Houses. The government tried to approve the Fake News Bill in the Chamber, which was urgently approved, but ended up being stopped due to lack of support and after pressure from the right in the House.
Changes to the Goal
announced on Tuesday (7) a set of changes to its content moderation practices that should put an end to its fact-checking program established in 2016 to contain the spread of misinformation on its applications.
In a video published on his Instagram account, the company’s CEO, , also attacked secret decisions from “secret” courts in Latin America. Without explicitly citing the STF, Zuckerberg says that the American government needs to help combat what is being done by the Judiciary in the region.
He also stated that the Goal will reduce restrictions on topics such as “immigration and gender”, although it was not clear what the scope of the content policy changes would be. He also said that filters will no longer be used for automated detection of harmful content with “low-severity violations.” Analysis in these cases will depend on user reports.
Zuckerberg summarizes the measure as a trade-off. “We will detect less problematic content, but we will also reduce the number of posts and accounts from innocent people that we accidentally remove,” he says.
The statement indicates that the company will act more vehemently on platforms globally.
