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Brazil's Fake News Bill (a.k.a. The Censorship Bill) is being rushed to approval (brazilian.report)
4 points by yurisalazar 1156 days ago
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The bill consist of a half developed draft, that purposely let things considered "fake news" as vague as possible, and makes social media responsible for its users actions.

With that, it's possible for Brazil's government to censorship any individual or ideal that can harm it's "democracy".

Contains language such as "internet supervision entities". Just wonderful.
What a shallow article. It's essentially complaining about the politician immunity thing. It's complaining about this while right wing politicians are being systematically persecuted and removed from power despite popular vote because of "fake news". It accepts the "fake news" concept as legitimate instead of the instrument of censorship that it is.