Started on social networks, the project presents proposals for improvements and legislation so that digital platforms become more democratic.
Slepping Giants Brasil released a study on the importance of regulating big techs this Wednesday (29).
The analysis aims to highlight the central role and performance of application providers, especially the so-called big techs, on the ecosystem that makes it possible to increase the dissemination of misinformation in the digital environment, in addition to the business model of these companies.
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Another point that the study seeks to compare Bill 2630/2020 with the most recent foreign legislation, the Digital Services Act, in order to see to what extent they approach or depart and evaluate this difference, in addition to pointing out possible regulatory horizons for the Internet in Brazil based on the evaluation of the PL in question, which is being processed by the Brazilian legislature and which aspires to establish the Brazilian Law on Freedom, Responsibility and Transparency on the Internet.
According to the movement that focuses on combating hate speech and fake news in the media, the current business model of large technology companies does not allow users to have the power to question the terms of use of platforms, which obliges them to to either accept the proposal or not use the service.
“Article 19 of the Marco Civil da Internet already establishes, as a general rule, the immunity of providers for third-party content. And the Law created an exhaustive exception, in its article 21, imposing subsidiary liability on providers in case they do not act diligently after taking knowledge of content related to revenge pornography and pedophilia. What we defend now is to create a new hypothesis of exception to the regime of responsibility, preventing providers from enjoying immunity for illicit content that allow boosting or sponsoring”, explained Humberto Ribeiro, director legal and research from Sleeping Giants Brasil.
The movement also aims to focus on the business models established by these platforms for advertising, which, according to Sleeping Giants, boosts, monetizes and recommends content. For them, existing Brazilian legislation cannot be ignored, such as the Marco Civil da Internet, a legislation that promised to regulate the use of the internet in the country.
Finally, the study also presented proposals for improvements and legislation so that digital platforms become more responsible for the content disclosed there, in an attempt to contribute to the online environment becoming more democratic, honest and respectful of Human Rights.
