The first lady Rosângela Lula da Silva, A, defended the regulation of social networks, this time during an event this Monday (19) in Brasilia.
Speaking at the opening of the National Week to Confront Sexual Violence against Children and Adolescents, she recalled the episode in which she complained about harmful effects on China’s leader ,.
“There is no protocol to shut up if I have an opportunity to talk about it with anyone, the highest degree, the highest level to any ordinary citizen,” he said.
“I want to say my voice, you can be sure, that it will be used for it. And that’s what it was used last week when I headed to President XI Jinping after my husband’s speech about a social network.”
“The lack of accountability of digital platforms in Brazil has contributed to intensification and diversification of offenses in the digital environment,” she said. “Virtual violence, grooming, digital bullying and access to inappropriate content and criminals can happen at any time.”
The trip from () to China was that the petista and the first lady had with the Chinese leader about the social network.
Although Lula denied discomfort with Beijing’s authorities, the episode exposed the government, with accusations of who was responsible for the press release, and annoyed the President of the Republic, who publicly criticized the incident.
At a news conversation, Lula said the theme was addressed by him, and that Janja complemented his speech from the perspective of risks to children.
At the end of his speech, Janja said “Sorry, I needed to say that,” and said he had crashed conversations about the topic with France’s first lady, Brigitte Macron. This Monday’s event was also attended by the Minister of Human Rights, Macaé Evaristo, a portfolio responsible for the initiative.
“We need to treat it in a slightly more serious way and not as a backstage gossip,” she said.
Lula made a point of making clear to the ministers who traveled that he was contradicted and unhappy with the leakage of the conversation.
According to two members of the entourage, Lula even prohibited any authority that traveled with him back to Brazil would come down from the plane in Russia – which was interpreted as an attempt by the president to prevent further leaks, explaining the climate of distrust among government members.
In addition, according to reports made to the report, the minister (House Civil), complained to interlocutors during the flight. According to two members of the entourage, he said that he does not need to worry only about his political opponents, but also with the allies themselves.
On the eve of the return to Brazil, allies of the President of the Republic said they expected from Lula an active stance to contain the friction between members of his government and to prevent these conflicts from generating new wear and tear in the image of his management.
