Brazil’s Supreme Court clears way to hold social media companies liable for user content

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Brazil’s Supreme Court agreed connected Thursday connected details of a determination to clasp societal media companies liable for what their users post, clearing the mode for it spell into effect wrong weeks

ByMAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press

SAO PAULO -- Brazil’s Supreme Court agreed connected Thursday connected details of a determination to clasp societal media companies liable for what their users post, clearing the mode for it spell into effect wrong weeks.

The 8-3 ballot successful Brazil's apical tribunal orders tech giants similar Google, Meta and TikTok to actively show contented that involves hatred speech, racism and incitation to unit and enactment to region it.

The lawsuit has unsettled the narration betwixt the South American federation and the U.S. government. Critics person expressed interest that the determination could endanger escaped code if platforms preemptively region contented that could beryllium problematic.

After Thursday's ruling is published by the court, radical volition beryllium capable to writer societal media companies for hosting amerciable contented if they garbage to region it aft a unfortunate brings it to their attention. The tribunal didn't acceptable retired steadfast rules connected what contented is illegal, leaving it to beryllium decided connected a case-by-case basis.

The ruling strengthens a instrumentality that requires companies to region contented lone aft tribunal orders, which were often ignored.

It’s the merchandise of 2 cases accepted by the tribunal past twelvemonth successful which societal media companies were accused of failed to enactment against users promoting fraud, kid pornography and violence.

A bulk of the 11 justices voted to o.k. the alteration 2 weeks ago, but it took until contiguous to scope statement connected however to instrumentality it.

The justices besides agreed that societal media companies volition not beryllium liable if they tin amusement they took steps to region amerciable contented successful a timely fashion.

Google said successful a connection that is analyzing the court's decision.

“We stay unfastened for dialogue,” the institution said.

Brazil's apical tribunal came to the determination aft U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned of imaginable visa restrictions against overseas officials progressive successful censoring American citizens.

Thursday's ruling brings Brazil’s attack to large tech person to the European Union’s approach, which has sought to rein successful the powerfulness of societal media companies and different integer platforms.