The Brazilian government fears to be isolated in the face of signs of retreat in its offensive regulation of the big techs.
Brazil bet on an alliance of pro-regulation countries alongside the EU, Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada. The idea was to counteract the threats of US President, with retaliation countries that impose regulation and taxation of the most American Internet platforms.
The European Union was a pioneer in Internet regulation with the Digital Services Law (DSA) and the Digital Market Law (DMA), which came into force in 2024 and 2023.
Both those who have been in the House and and are inspired by European laws (German and British).
But Apple, X, Google, and Microsoft arising from European laws and the regulation of artificial intelligence in block implementation have been the target of protests by US entrepreneurs and authorities. Trump states that these fines are a kind of “taxation” about American big techs. to combat regulation and fines.
The latest actions and statements by the bloc leaders point to a retreat.
This month, the EU announced the suspension of the AI responsibility regime directive. It was also reported that the AI code of conduct, to be released in April, will have simplified rules.
Following, Europeans put their foot on the brake in a joint statement with Brazil at the conclusion of the Brazil-UE Digital Dialogue meeting, held in Brussels. The Brazilian government expected something more ambitious pointing to cooperation between countries in the formulation and application of rules on companies and taxes on big techs. But the EU did not want something more striking, not much boast of the announcement of the statement.
In the perception of members of the Brazilian government, it is important to add international efforts in the strategy of regulating Big Techs. First, because you need to have a critical market mass to increase bargaining power in negotiations.
Russia and China, partners of Brazil in the BRICS, are autocratic regimes that block internet platforms. EU remains, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. But EU and UK show that they will emphasize innovation and less for safety, and Canada experience political instability.
If Brazil remains alone in the regular initiative, it is more vulnerable to the pressure of the big techs and criticism that it would be going against the current, closing the market and inhibiting investments.
The Brazil-UE Meeting took place on the eve of the Munich Security Conference, which was expected to be expected that the US Vice President, JD Vance, would talk about Peace Negotiations for the US-led Ukraine. Conversations take place between US and Russia, excluding Europeans and Ukrainians.
Instead of explanations of Trump’s plan for peace, gathered there on his lack of commitment to freedom of expression.
A few days earlier, the US Vice President used the main stage of the artificial in Paris to condemn European regulation.
“The Trump government is concerned about reports that some foreign governments are considering squeezing the siege of US technology companies. They cannot and will not accept it,” Vance said. “And the massive amount of rules created by the law on content removal and policing of so -called misinformation.”
EU officials deny that Trump reaction is reaction, but admit the reorientation in policies.
“The EU is reducing regulation to stimulate investments in artificial intelligence, not by pressure from large US and Trump government technology companies,” said Henna Virkkunen, vice president of the European Commission for Digital Sovereignty.
European Commission chairman Ursula von der Leyen has been in an anti -regulatory climb since last year, announcing that she wanted to eliminate bureaucratic barriers to make the bloc more competitive. On January 31 this year, she published an article with European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde in the Financial Times, defending her effort to simplify rules.
For now, the retreat is less pronounced in relation to the moderation of content provided for in DSA, mainly because of the concerns of European countries with foreign interference in elections such as Romania in December, nullified for allegedly being manipulated by Russia, and that of Germany, which occurred this weekend.
Remembering that both, owner of the X and member of the Trump administration, and JD Vance expressed support to the Far -right party candidate AFD, Alice Weidel.
In AI, the turn is more marked and was clear during the AI dome. Leaders such as France President Emmanuel Macron left the Big Techs security and accountability in the background and emphasized innovation and promotion promotion.
