General Assembly 2008 Country Report: Brazil
Inter American Press Association
5 November 2008
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called on the Special Rapporteur to urge the Brazilian government to regulate digital platforms, strengthen journalist protection, and promote media pluralism in his upcoming report.
Given social media’s role in the spread of disinformation, no democracy can afford to allow these platforms to shirk their legal obligations.
Eagerness to regulate new technologies is understandable, but measures may infringe upon civil rights or fail to resolve the issues they were designed to tackle. Brazil and India’s 2024 electoral processes exemplify this tension.