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Why Making Social Media Companies Liable For User Content Doesn’t Do What Many People Think It Will
Brazil's Supreme Court appears close to ruling that social media companies should be liable for content hosted on their platforms—a move that appears to represent a significant departure from the country's pioneering Marco Civil internet law. While this approach has obvious appeal to people frustrated with platform failures, it's likely to backfire in ways that…
Brazil's Landmark Ruling: Social Media Companies Face Legal Accountability
Brazil's Supreme Court moves towards holding social media companies legally accountable for illegal user content. A majority vote, spearheaded by Justice Gilmar Mendes, opens potential legal challenges for firms like Meta and Microsoft. The proposal, facing opposition from Justice André Mendonça, could be reversed by Congress.
The government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has taken another step towards broadening the control over social networks. The Ministry of Justice has completed a bill which regulates the use of digital platforms operating in the country. Then, the past has sent the text to the Civil House, commissioned by Rui Costa. Now, the House of the Planet prepares for the project's delivery to the National Congress. According to the West, the board…
The Supreme Federal Court (STF) of Brazil will declare unconstitutional Article 19 of the Civil Framework of the Internet, one of the legal pillars that since 2014 has regulated the responsibility of digital platforms to third-party content. With six votes in favor of its invalidation last Wednesday, June 11, the highest court opened a step to a profound change in the form of social networks, search engines and video platforms must act against i…
London.- The judicial group around X focused the public debate on the regulation of social networks in Brazil, a country where there is a growing “concern about the political impact” of the latter, as detailed in the Digital News Report 2025 reported this Tuesday by the Reuters Institute. Among the digital debates that took place ...
BRAZIL HOLDS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ACCOUNTABLE FOR USERS’ POSTS
Mon 16 June 2025: Brazil’s Supreme Court ruling could lead to fines for social media platforms failing to remove certain user posts. Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that social media companies can be held accountable for some types of content published by users on their platforms. The decision could clear the way for the […]
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