Citing Meta's "lack of transparency," Messias said the company "will have 72 hours to inform the Brazilian government of its actual policy for Brazil." Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stunned many with his announcement Tuesday that he was pulling the ...
Brazil’s government will give Meta until Monday to explain the changes to its fact-checking program, Solicitor General Jorge Messias said on Friday.
A decision by social media giant Meta to end fact-checking in the United States is "bad for democracy," the newly appointed Brazilian communication minister Sidonio Palmeira said Wednesday.
Justices and advisors of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) are cautiously observing Meta's shift towards a model resembling X (formerly Twitter). At the same time, members of the court are downplaying CEO Mark Zuckerberg's remark that Latin American courts issue decisions in secrecy.
In a statement to Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) in November of last year, Meta used a tone opposite to that now employed by Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s CEO, when discussing its moderation activities.
According to Moraes, “our electoral justice system and our Supreme Court have already shown that this is a land that has law. Social networks are not lawless lands.
Meta wants to control content on its platforms less in future – Brazil's government wants to know by Monday how this fits in with its laws.
Brazil's communication minister Sidonio Palmeira criticized Meta's decision to end fact-checking in the US, calling it "bad for democracy" since it could lead to spread of misinformation. Brazil's public prosecutor has asked Meta for clarification.
The ceremony will take place indoors but plenty of notable names will be in Washington, D.C., to participate in the festivities
The threat of economic sanctions against Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) member states and associates by President-elect, Donald Trump, comes amid controversies around what his reemergence poses for Africa and the rest of the world.
The removal of Meta’s fact-checking feature will only apply to the US until its new community notes program is thoroughly tested and adopted, Meta told Brazil.