Digital platforms will have up to 72 hours to explain to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security what measures they are adopting to restrict content that incites violence in educational institutions. The period will start counting from the receipt of the notifications issued this Thursday (13) by the National Consumer Secretary, Wadih Damous. The request for notifications comes a day after the Minister of Justice, Flávio Dino, signed an ordinance that obliges companies to immediately remove content that promotes violence at the request of the competent authorities. Platforms will also have to promote active content and account moderation and adopt an ongoing risk assessment system to prevent new threats to schools. The ordinance also determines that platforms inform the National Consumer Secretariat (Senacon) of the Ministry of Justice of the rules for information recommendation algorithms. According to the secretary, social networks are not neutral in relation to the content published in them, when they determine the reach of publications, suggest posts and accounts, in addition to defining what can be moderated. Damous explains that Senacon has the authority to notify networks because the ordinance itself reinforces that content moderation involves consumer relations between the user and the social network. The secretary warned that, at this moment, the networks themselves will be able to regulate the removal of publications that incite violence in their terms of use, but did not rule out the possibility that the Ministry of Justice determines the exclusion of posts if the platforms keep them on the air. In case of non-compliance with orders made by Senacon, companies will be subject to fines and even the suspension of activities. The punishment will be determined according to the seriousness of the infraction.
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