Brazilian justice minister admits possible use of police force against major tech companies
The Brazilian Minister of Justice, Flávio Dino, admitted the possibility of using the police force against the big techs because of their alleged connivance with boosting content considered criminal.
He said he would take legal action against social networks that do not agree to exclude this type of content related to attacks and violence in schools.
“We made a very emphatic invitation for them to strengthen the ‘moderation’ of content and stop boosting criminal content, as some are doing,” he told the Metrópoles website on Monday 10.
“The measures derived henceforth will be in the police terrain,” Dino admitted.
“I do not wish for the police to be called to act against the platforms. If that is necessary, that will happen.”
According to the Ministry, 511 profiles with speeches inciting violence were identified on Twitter alone in the last few days.
The survey is part of actions to combat threats of attacks on schools.
DINO USES TRAGEDY TO DEFEND THE CENSORSHIP OF SOCIAL NETWORKS
On Wednesday 5, a 25-year-old killer broke into a daycare center in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, and killed four children using a hatchet.
Last week, the minister attributed the tragedy to the lack of regulation on the internet.
“The collection of causes that amplify tragedies is quite visible: the proliferation of hatred in society, including by an unregulated internet with irresponsible companies; incentives for weaponry and the ideology of death; Nazi and neo-Nazi groupings,” Dino posted on social media.
With information from Revista Oeste
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