Why is Google stonewalling regulation in Brazil?
On Monday, 1 May, Brazilians were surprised when they went to the Google homepage. Under the familiar search field, a link said: “The fake news bill can make your internet worse”. Whoever clicked on the link was taken to a Google blog that criticized draft law 2630, which was to be voted on Brazilian Congress the next day.
The search homepage, used by more than 90% of 160 million internet users in Brazil, also claimed in another link that “the fake news bill can create confusion about what is true and what is a lie in Brazil”.
Known as “the fake news law”, the bill criticized by Google enhances transparency requirements and forces social media, search engines and messaging services to detect and take down illegal content, posing heavy fines if they don’t.… Seguir leyendo »