Brazil moves to tighten platform oversight, strengthen online safety

Brazilian President Luiz ​Inacio Lula ​da Silva on Wednesday signed ​a package of draft bills and decrees to tighten oversight of digital ‌platforms, incorporating ⁠Supreme ⁠Court interpretations of Brazil's internet legal ​framework.

The measures target online safety, requiring digital ​platforms to act more quickly against harmful content and clarifying ​their responsibilities.

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Big ⁠Tech must ‌establish reporting channels ​for ​crimes, immediately remove illegal ⁠content and store data to enable ​prosecution of offenders.

Platforms must ​take preventive measures against serious crimes, including terrorism, child sexual exploitation, human trafficking, self-harm incitement and violence against women.

‌Companies can be held accountable for paid advertising promoting ​crimes if ​there are "recurring ⁠failures" in prevention and content removal.

Services like WhatsApp, messaging apps, email and videoconferencing are excluded due to constitutional privacy protections, the presidential office said.