Typical case of CIA spreading propaganda to create civil unrest all around the world
Relevant:
"Come to the ‘war cry party’: How social media helped drive mayhem in Brazil
Researchers detected a surge in aggressive rhetoric from election denialists in far-right channels online ahead of Sunday’s rioting"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/08/brazil-...
and
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11562433/Facebook-r...
and the classic:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/myanmar-faceb...
> The government did not immediately clarify which aspects of Meta's policy might be illegal, but said the latest changes "could represent fertile ground for the violation of laws that protect fundamental rights of Brazilian citizens."
I hate this sort of authoritarian double speak. Expanding the speech you can say could violate fundamental rights?
In brazil, saying homophobic, transphobic, or racist things are illegal (and you can get arrested).
The thing is, for now, Marco Civil law, kinda let the so called "providers" not liable for users content posts, but that's likely to change on a Supreme Court decision that is happening about the Art 19 of Marco Civil. It's similar to U.S Section 230.
That said, if the platforms rules ALLOW homophobic speech literally, as they did, I'm pretty sure that would be illegal even with current legislation, because this wouldn't be a "bad moderation, would be a "no moderation", it was a choice of the company to allow that speech.
The Supreme Court is ruling in the next days whether platforms are liable for hate speech by their users. They are going to rule on this possible interpretation of an article from the Marco Civil law from 2014.
Perhaps this is what the government is waiting for, but from what we've seen so far with the Musk x Moraes fight is, Zuckerberg should think twice before removing any hate speech and fake news safeguards his platforms have, otherwise they will be banned from operating in the country.
Some analysts from the supreme court also said that the end of this fact checking program can be considered as a violation of the internet law in Brazil [0]
Besides, the solicitor's general office is going to hold a public hearing about the changes to Meta's policies [1]
[0] https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/blogs/luisa-martins/politica/fi...
[1] https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/agu-adia-audiencia-pub...
And to answer your question, they are not just expanding the speech. Don't mistake free speech with freedom of aggression, and also keep in mind Brazil is not a lawless world like the US is, we are more civil than that.
isn’t authoritarian the platform that suddenly decides to change by their own how billions of people can or don’ cannot talk? it’s time to remove such power from them
I mean, yes? It's possible to "expand the speech you can say" on an American social media platform in ways which violate American free speech laws as well. American free speech is more lenient than elsewhere but it isn't, contrary to popular belief, absolute.
And speaking of doublespeak, the quote you posted says "violation of laws that protect fundamental rights," not "violation of fundamental rights."