This Tuesday (2) minister Alexander de Moraesfrom federal court (stf), determined that the presidents of Big Techs, including Google, Target, Spotify This Parallel Braziltestify to the Federal Police (PF) about possible action against Fakes News PL.

The decision establishes a five-day period for hearing presidents or equivalent platforms so that they can clarify the reasons why they authorized the use of mechanisms “that could theoretically constitute an abuse of economic power, as well as, ultimately, characterize the illegal contribution to disinformation practiced by digital militias in social networks”.

According to the decision, the four aforementioned platforms should “proceed with the complete removal within a maximum of 1:00 (one hour) of all ads, texts and information published, distributed and promoted from the official Google blog with attacks on PL 2630. […] under penalty of BRL 150,000.00 per hour of non-compliance per advertisement“.

In addition, the minister determines that within 48 hours Google and Meta explain “methods and algorithms for increasing and stimulating the search for “PL da Censura”“. And this is Brasil Paralelo and Spotify explain”methods and algorithms to increase and stimulate search in “PL da Censura”, as well as the reasons for placing political ads on Google.“.

The four platforms are also required to report what “realistic and concrete measures they are taking to prevent, mitigate and eliminate illegal activities within their services and combat disinformation about content created by third parties” within 48 hours.

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This decision by the STF is in response to an investigation into Big Tech’s possible actions against Fakes News PL, which aims to combat the spread of false information on social media. The law is currently being debated in the National Congress, and some technology companies, including four named in the decision, have publicly opposed the project.

From the testimonies of the presidents of the companies, it is necessary to find out whether there were any concerted actions to prevent the approval of the project, or whether there was some kind of manipulation of public opinion. The STF’s decision is indicative of the Brazilian authorities’ concern about misinformation and the need to regulate the use of social media.

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