| ▲ | irishcoffee 2 days ago | |
Freedom of information is the first thing that comes to mind. | ||
| ▲ | Xunjin 2 days ago | parent [-] | |
I agree that they do control information, but we also face the paradox that laws in the West do very little to regulate social media, and even the current US administration threatens to impose tariffs to EU [0]. Even Google and other big techs did a gigantic lobby against it in Brazil[1]. The appointed lawyer by Twitter, in 2023, even said in a meeting with the Brazil Minister of Justice: “That the Brazilian laws did not follow their Terms of Use”[2]. In the previous week there was a massacre at childcare which killed 4 children[3]. What the government asked at that time was to delete/suspend related accounts that promoted this type of crime. 0. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/are-tariffs-big-techs-new... 1. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/09/us-tec... 2. https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/noticia/2023/05/nao-estou-... | ||