The president of (Supreme Federal Court), minister, defended the regulation of content of social networks and said that “it is important to make lying again.” The minister spoke, on Saturday morning (14), to an audience of Brazilian students in the United Kingdom, at the opening of Brazil Forum UK 2025, of which Barroso is a patron and that happens at the University of Oxford.
The minister listed Brazil’s problems and challenges, but sought to emphasize what he considers advances in the country, specifically mentioning the vote through the electronic ballot box, attacked by the former president (), who is tried in the Supreme Court on charges of having participated in a scammer plot.
Barroso talked about the printed voting project, which was defended by pockets, and amended that “the truth has no ideology, but the deliberate lie is a very bad thing that came to dominate the world as a political strategy.” “It is very important to make lying again, it is not a legitimate strategy in life,” he amended.
Still on Saturday, Barroso will participate in a debate with Google Brazil’s legal director, Daniel Arbix, about the regulation of when the Supreme Court judges the. The trial, including Barroso, to blame the platforms for third party content. Only the minister voted for the constitutionality of Article 19 of Marco Civil.
Barroso stated that the subject is delicate because it involves the guarantee of freedom of expression. “The world has been so polarized that even common sense is not achieved as a sense. […] We need to prevent the world from falling into an abyss of incivility, “he said.
Commenting on the world context, the STF president said he watches “this decay of multilateralism, this moment of arrogance, when force has been valid more than law in different parts of the world.”
Barroso also praised the 40 years of institutional stability in Brazil, where, according to him, the last decades have been marked by blows and attempts. “There are things that are not going well, which does not mean that everything is going bad,” he amended.
“A is just above [da meta]it was 4.63%. The average in the previous government was above 6% and did not cause so much astonishment. There is a wave of negativity that lets the proper perception of the good things that have happened, “he said.
The Brazil Forum UK has been held since 2016 by Brazilian students in the United Kingdom to discuss Brazil’s challenges with the presence of academics, civil society organizations, entrepreneurs and public sector representatives. The event is sponsored by Lemann Foundation, Google, Itaú Foundation, iFood, Haddad Foundation and Idea.
The theme of the 10th edition of the Forum is “The Brazilian Path towards protagonism”, with lectures on sustainability, artificial intelligence, education and public safety. In addition to Barroso, the event was also attended by ambassador Antonio Patriota, federal deputy Duda Salabert (PDT-MG); IFOOD Vice President of Sustainability, Luana Ozemela; of the president of the Itaú Foundation, Eduardo Saron.
