Internet bill

According to his advisor on Friday, Alphabet child company Google has recruited Michel Temer, the previous president of Brazil, to influence legislators who are debating whether or not to regulate the internet.

The proposed legislation, frequently referred to as the ‘Fake News bill’, would require providers of internet services, web search engines, as well as social messaging platforms to discover and report illicit content and impose severe penalties for noncompliance.

Tech businesses are worried about the law, and several have started initiatives on their respective websites to stop it.

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The nation’s top judiciary in South America demanded a probe about two months back into Google as well as Telegram officials who spearheaded an initiative to oppose the new legislation.

Temer admitted he had been serving the role of “mediator” among the business and legislators for roughly three weeks, according to local publication Folha de Sao Paulo.

According to Temer’s advisor, the business paid the former president to arbitrate discussions and suggestions with the Brazilian parliament.

Temer rejected Folha’s statement that he had discussions with the judges of the supreme court, but the newspaper stated that he had a meeting with Orlando Silva, the senator in charge of the internet legislation, to go over specifics of the plan.

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The Supreme Court of Brazil will probably decide on two petitions that might loosen internet regulations. As stated by Folha, the judgment has been delayed from its original June date.

In a statement, Google said it hires specialized agencies and consultants to help “mediate efforts to dialogue with public authorities” so that it can bring contributions to politicians and parliamentarians, “, especially in important and technical issues such as the construction of a new legislation.”

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On Tuesday, the lower chamber of Congress was scheduled to make a decision on a proposed law to penalize businesses for failing to report false news, but conservative and evangelical politicians are opposed to it.

“Such conduct could configure, in theory, abuse of economic power on the eve of voting on the bill by trying to illegally and immorally impact public opinion and the vote in Congress,” Justice Alexandre de Moraes said in his decision.

Source: theguardian.com