Posted on 01/10/2025 7:35:46 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Brazil's government will give Meta, opens new tab until Monday to explain the program, Solicitor General Jorge Messias said on Friday. The move comes after the social media company scrapped its U.S. fact-checking program and reduced curbs on discussions around topics such as immigration and gender identity. It is not immediately clear exactly what will happen after the deadline expires. “I'd like to express the Brazilian government's enormous concern about the policy adopted by the Meta company, which is like an airport windsock, changing its position all the time according to the winds," Messias, the government's top lawyer, told reporters in Brasilia.
"Brazilian society will not be at the mercy of this kind of policy,” Messias added. On Thursday, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the changes were "extremely serious" and announced he had to discuss the topic. Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In announcing the move on Tuesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg cited "too many mistakes and too much censorship". A spokesperson said on Tuesday that, for now, Meta was planning the changes only for the U.S. market.
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I want Zucky to ‘splain why the censorship has to be phased out when it wasn’t phased in. End it! Now!
Like Zuck has to answer to Brazil.
Maybe he’s afraid of a lawsuit. There was something going around during the covid and election censorship about FascistBook being a publisher and therefore subject to 1A laws.
Don’t remember the details
I think the days of foreign countries pushing around American social media companies are over. I’m pretty sure Trump has given the tech bros guarantees that any country, hostile or ally, that tries to censor or fine them are going to get slapped upside the head.
Maybe Brazil is feeling a little too big for its britches. Maybe they want to bring back Emperor Pedro.
A lot of leftists screaming about the lack of censorship.
Lula could just ban Facebook. I dare him.
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Lula. Horrid dreadful man. I wouldn’t put it past him to ban FB — or anything, really.
Isn’t Lula a convicted felon?
“Isn’t Lula a convicted felon?”
Maybe. If he is, he’s a bad one. Unlike OUR amazing convicted felon who is a GOOD one! 😁
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