The rapporteur for the Fake News Bill (PL 2630), Deputy Orlando Silva (PCdoB-RJ), said this Tuesday (2) that negotiations between party leaders to vote on the bill are still ongoing. The session that will be able to analyze the proposal is scheduled to start at 6 pm. “There was a consultation with the parties, almost everyone was present. [Eles] signaled a majority favorable position to vote today”, he said, adding that “by the end of the afternoon, the president [da Câmara] Arthur Lira, will consolidate a position and decide whether to vote today”, leaving a meeting at the official residence of the Chamber of Deputies. for social network providers, search engines and instant messaging, as well as guidelines for their use. The text emphasizes that such measures will not imply a restriction on freedom of expression or artistic, intellectual manifestations or satirical, religious, political content , fictional, literary “or any other form of cultural manifestation.” Orlando Silva’s proposal provides that, in cases of non-compliance with the law and risk to the fundamental rights of the population, the inspection of providers (social networks, instant messaging applications to tools search) will be carried out under the terms of its own regulations Impasse The rapporteur withdrew the section that foresaw the creation of a special autarchy destined to the inspection of compliance with the law – something that could hinder the processing of the matter in Parliament. The text provides that, in cases of non-compliance with the law and risk to the fundamental rights of the population, the inspection of providers will be in accordance with their own regulations. “I have completed my report for the Brazilian Law on Freedom, Responsibility and Transparency on the Internet. One issue remains, which institution will oversee the law and eventually apply sanctions,” said Orlando Silva, on his Twitter profile. Big techs According to a text by Orlando Silva, providers have a duty to take care of published content. These companies will have to prevent or reduce illegal practices within the scope of their service, with the fight against publications that incite crimes of coup d’état, acts of terrorism, suicide or crimes against children and adolescents. The so-called big techs are also obliged to create mechanisms for users to report potentially illegal content. And they must also comply with transparency rules; submit to external audits; and act against the systemic risks of algorithms that may lead to the dissemination of illegal content or violate freedom of expression, information and the press and the pluralism of the media or civic, political-institutional and electoral issues. Senacon Early this Tuesday afternoon, the National Consumer Secretariat (Senacon), of the Ministry of Justice, determined that Google immediately comply with a series of precautionary measures to correct the indications that the company is censoring the public debate about the Fake News Bill. According to the National Secretary for Consumer Defense, Wadih Damous, the main indication that the company has been acting irregularly to promote its own economic interests is the fact that it has included, on the main page of the search engine, next to the search box , a text in which he maintained that “The Fake News PL can increase confusion about what is true or false in Brazil”. The link referred the Internet user to an article signed by Google’s Director of Government Relations and Public Police, Marcelo Lacerda, and was taken down shortly after Senacon announced the measures that the company must comply with. * With information from the Chamber Agency
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