An ordinance from the Ministry of Justice and Public Security established the administrative measures to be adopted to prevent the dissemination of illicit, harmful or harmful content on social media platforms. The text published today (13) in the Official Journal of the Union provides that the National Consumer Secretariat (Senacon) will institute an administrative process to investigate and hold platforms accountable in the face of the spread of content that encourages attacks against the school environment or that make apology and incitement to these crimes and their perpetrators. Also according to the publication, Senacon must request a report from the platforms on the measures taken for the purposes of monitoring, limiting and restricting content, including the development of protocols for crisis situations. “Senacon, within the scope of an administrative process, must request that social networking platforms assess and take mitigation measures related to systemic risks arising from the operation of their services and related systems, including algorithmic systems.” The assessment of systemic risks, according to the ordinance, it must consider the negative effects, real or foreseeable, of the propagation of illicit content, especially the risk of access by children and adolescents to age-inappropriate content; and the risk of propagation and viralization of content and profiles that exhibit violent extremism . Senacon must also request a report from the platforms that considers how the following factors influence systemic risks: the design of recommendation systems and any other pertinent algorithmic system; content moderation systems; terms and policies of use; influence of malicious manipulation and intentional use of the service, including inauthentic use or automated exploitation of the service. The National Secretariat for Public Security (Senasp) should coordinate the sharing, between social media platforms and competent authorities, of data that allow the identification of the user or connection terminal that made the content available. Finally, the ordinance provides that Senasp directs platforms to prevent the creation of new profiles from internet protocol addresses (IP address) in which illegal, harmful and dangerous activities related to violent extremist content have already been detected. “Senasp must establish a database of illegal content, under the terms of this ordinance, for the purposes of sharing between social networking platforms, with the aim of facilitating identification by automated systems.” This database may contain images, links and other illegal content, which may be assigned a unique hash (encryption), among other features that identify them and help limit the circulation of posts on social networking platforms. “In the event of extraordinary circumstances that lead to a serious threat to public security objectively demonstrated, the Ministry of Justice and Public Security may determine the adoption of crisis protocols, to be observed by social media platforms with proportionate and reasonable measures.” The ordinance also provides that the platforms appoint a representative responsible for direct communication, including electronically, with police and judicial authorities of the Union and the states, able to take decisions to mitigate the so-called crisis situation. “The sanctions for non-compliance with the obligations set forth in this ordinance will be given within the scope of administrative or judicial proceedings, in accordance with the attributions of the competent bodies.” Schools Complaints about threats of attacks on schools can be communicated to a channel created by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, in partnership with SaferNet Brasil. The information sent to Escola Segura will be kept confidential and the complainant will not be identified. Go to the website to file a complaint. In case of emergency, it is advisable to call 190 or the nearest police station.
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