The Supreme Court should ensure the defense of freedom of expression, guaranteed by our Federal Constitution, and not by censorship, even temporarily
The STF minister said that the platforms should have limits and said Congress should regulate the issue. The minister’s speech is worrying for two reasons. The first is that it is not up to an STF minister to give an opinion on the issue, demanding measures from the National Congress. At first, an STF minister should only judge whether it is constitutional law or not. At least, it’s like that in any healthy democracy in the world.
The second concern is the possibility of legislating itself on the regulation of social networks. Besides not being the role of the Supreme Court; If this occurs, the result may be bad given the current circumstances. Recently, the STF censured an article from Crusoé magazine, which brought annoying facts to one of the court ministers, and blocked PreviaThe publication of a parallel Brazil documentary during the election period.
The Supreme Court should take care of the defense of freedom of expression, guaranteed by our Federal Constitution, and not by censorship, even temporarily. Therefore, it is worrying that the regulation of networks can come precisely from an institution that has not been much adept at the defense of broad and unrestricted freedom of expression.
*This text does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the young Pan.
