The president () said he will finish on Wednesday (13) a project that regulates social networks in Brazil.
“We will regulate because we need to create the minimum behavior in the operation of a digital network that speaks to children, with old man and most of the time no one assumes responsibility,” Lula said in an interview with BandNews.
“We are already regulating. The news is that this has been in the Civil House for two months, because it has disagreements, and these things. Tomorrow at 15h will be at my table to settle existing divergences among the ministers and send it to the,” Lula said in an interview with BandNews.
The statements were made in an interview with BandNews after the video repercussion of the Felca digital influencer who criticized on social networks and the same day the US government spoke in Brazil in a report sent to the country’s congress.
The petista recalled the speech of the first lady, to the leader of China, Xi Jinping, about the regulation of the networks. At the time, the first lady at dinner when mentioning Titktok, a Chinese network.
“At the time, she was skilled by some people and today she is proven that she was right. From tomorrow we will have the final text approved by the President of the Republic and go to Congress.”
The president denied there was discomfort after Janja’s speech to the Chinese leader. “There was only in the mouth of those who played,” he said. “Janja asked me to talk, and I, as a good husband, let her talk.”
“She said what she thought and what she has been talking about. I have heard a lot of janja conversations on the phone with mothers who put their daughters on digital networks, advertising their daughter, to be careful, because the algorithm can be used by pedophiles,” said the president.
“You have crimes committed on the digital network by platforms that allow irresponsible people, murderers who must be tried and punished, making pedophilia with children. This is not possible, so we will regulate. From tomorrow we will have the final text approved by the President of the Republic and sent to be approved in the National Congress,” he said.
Earlier, in response to the viralization of Felca’s video, Minister Rui Costa (House) had said that Congress would be sent a bill for the protection of children and adolescents online. In parallel, it defined the creation, next Wednesday (20), a general commission to discuss the sexualization and exploitation of children on social networks.
“This report of this youtuber, who is a person who has thousands of followers, who understands how social networks work, warned of the crime, including being committed by a youtuber from Brazil. […] Even President Lula will send a law to Congress in the coming days to regulate this, “Rui said.
In Tuesday’s interview (12), Lula also spoke about the episode in which in the political articulation to improve the relationship with Congress, referring to the Minister of the Secretariat of Institutional Relations, Gleisi Hoffmann.
“I was executed by some people. You can no longer say that it is beautiful, you can not say that it is ugly, can not say anything. If you [o jornalista Reinaldo Azevedo] Call me beautiful I will be proud, “he said.
According to involved in the writing of the government’s proposal, the defense of the rights of network users, with emphasis on vulnerable groups, such as children and adolescents, was one of the priorities.
The adoption of criteria for the removal of posts that violate existing laws and to combat hate speeches and mass disinformation has also been debated.
One of the remaining doubts was which body would be responsible for inspection, with entities such as the (National Telecommunications Agency) and the ANPD (National Data Protection Authority).
The conversations about the project started in January, on the wake of and on its platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram. In the first two years of office, the government tried to approve in the National Congress a proposal on the subject, but failed.
(Supreme Federal Court) ruled at the end of June to expand the obligations of digital platforms in Brazil to article 19 of the Civil Marco. The device established that social networks could only be held responsible for content posted by users if they breached a court order of removal.
The ministers have decided that the current rule does not adequately protect fundamental rights, creating new rules, and appealed to Congress to create more detailed legislation on the subject.
