Minister Paulo Pimenta, from the Secretariat for Social Communication of the Presidency of the Republic (Secom), said today (15) that he “does not have any doubts” about the urgency of consolidating media regulation in Brazil and that the Civil Rights Framework for the Internet, 2014, has uncovered aspects of the online environment that demand more and more attention. Pimenta participated this Monday (15th), in São Paulo, in the Brasil Hoje seminar, organized by Esfera Brasil. The minister’s assessment is that Law 12,965/14, known as the Civil Rights Framework for the Internet, currently takes on an “anachronistic character”, by freeing big techs, technology giants, from their obligations, in cases where there are practices of crimes such as apology for violence, pedophilia, racism, hate speech and LGBTQIphobia. Paulo Pimenta opened his speech by questioning whether freedom of expression has limits and answered the question by arguing that this principle does not only cover the individual dimension, but also the collective one, and that it is society that establishes how far one can go, when manifesting a thought or idea. “If this formulation [o Marco Civil], at that time, it was enough, today it is no longer”, he summarized. He added that the legislation had already failed to face cases of pedophilia, shortly after it came into force. The minister added, pondering that, around the world , countries have fostered debate around the issue, seeking ways to make platforms responsible for what they leave behind According to the minister, what is observed, on the other hand, in Brazil, is an “asymmetry, from the point of view of accountability”. As an example, he cited the law that falls on a radio that obtains a public concession to operate in the traditional transmission format and an online radio, which ends up exempt from the same duties. de Moraes, that it is a contradiction that a crime is curbed off the internet and accepted in the online environment. “It is not possible that we can accept that the sovereignty of a country has to be subordinated to a business model of these companies”, he criticized. Pimenta said that one of the countries that have gone after “more forceful” rules is Germany. According to him, a distinction has been made there between publications consisting of opinions and driven content, that is, planned posts through which someone makes a profit. As he explained, in the European country, from the moment the content is monetized, the author is considered media and treated as such by law. “I like this idea. It is obvious that we need to improve it, think about it for our reality”, pointed out the minister. Discussions on the legal responsibility of platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook have grown in Brazil, after the successive attacks on schools, in the face of support signaled on the internet, another point raised by Minister Paulo Pimenta. “We removed more than 300 websites from the air, profiles that encouraged, celebrated, extolled the crimes that occurred in schools”, he commented. The pressure to guide media regulation in the country has also increased in the National Congress. Earlier this month, the Coalition Rights on the Network, which brings together more than 50 civil society entities, released a note, which highlights the importance of approving Bill (PL) 2630/2020, which creates the Brazilian Freedom Law , Responsibility and Transparency on the Internet. The device, for the coalition, is seen as fundamental for combating disinformation.
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