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Brazil’s Supreme Court justices agree to make social media companies liable for user content
- Brazil's Supreme Court ruled that social media companies must be accountable for certain user-generated content published on their platforms in the country.
- Six out of 11 justices voted to hold platforms responsible for third-party content seen as illegal, which could lead to fines for platforms like Meta's Facebook and TikTok.
- Justice Gilmar Mendes stated that current Brazilian law represents 'a veil of irresponsibility for digital platforms,' indicating the need for accountability.
- The court has not yet finalized how these new regulations will be enacted.
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Brazil’s supreme court reached a majority among its judges on Wednesday to tighten the regulations of digital platforms, in an unprecedented process in Latin America about their role in spreading false news and hate speech. The court evaluates the constitutionality of an article of the so-called Civil Framework of the Internet, in force since 2014, which establishes that the platforms are only responsible for damages caused by user publications …
The obligation for the age verification of social networks should be standardised nationwide. The Bundestag should also create a new criminal offence against the targeted digital staging and dissemination of real acts of violence.
In Brazil, the Supreme Court ruled that social media operators must be responsible for the illegal content of their users.
Judges seek to reach consensus on the conditions of responsibility, in particular on the removal of illegal content by their own initiative, without waiting for judicial action.
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BRASILIA, June 12 — Brazil’s Supreme Court reached a majority yesterday in favor of toughening social media regulation, in a groundbreaking case for Latin America on the spread of fake news and hate speech. The South American country’s highest court is seeking to determine to what extent companies like X, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook are responsible for removing illegal content, and how they can be sanctioned if they do not. The judges’ final …
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