The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, described it as necessary for the international community to act to “prevent democracies from being put at risk” by decisions of a “few people” who control digital platforms. The warning was made through a document presented at a conference organized by Unesco in France
The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, proposed before the United Nations Organization (UN) to create a regulation for social networks. According to the president, the measure will aim to “defend democracy.”
The petition was made in a document filed with a conference organized by UNESCO in France. The text was read by the Secretary for Digital Policies, Joao Brant, before the international conference “Internet for Trust”.
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He leader He said that it is necessary for the international community to act to “prevent democracies from being put at risk” by the decisions and positions taken by a “few people” who have control of the large digital platforms.
For Lula, there is a link between the current management model of social networks and the advance of extreme right movements, an issue that he discussed with the President of the United States (USA), Joe Biden, during a visit to Washington two weeks ago. , reviewed ANSA.
Lula recognized that it is a “complex” phenomenon but defended a regulation of the networks carried out with “transparency” that guarantees the right of the population to access “reliable” information. In the document he cites the coup attempt that occurred in Brazil on January 8, which occurred after a “disinformation campaign that used lies to attack the credibility of institutions.”
The Brazilian coup movement, the statement points out, behaved in a similar way to other international extreme right groups.
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