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Brazil: Suspension of provisional measure prohibiting social media platforms from banning certain content by Supreme Federal Court

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Suspension of provisional measure prohibiting social media platforms from banning certain content by Supreme Federal Court

The Supreme Federal Court, the supreme court of Brazil, has suspended the provisional measure decree (No. 1068) prohibiting social media platforms from banning certain content. This move comes on the same day as the decree was returned to President …

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
User speech right
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court

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2021-05-17
under deliberation

President Jair Bolsonaro announces the draft of a decree which would make it illegal to delete cont…

2021-09-06
adopted

On 6 September 2021, Jair Bolsonaro signed a provisional measure decree (No. 1068). Under the new r…

2021-09-14
revoked

The Supreme Federal Court, the supreme court of Brazil, has suspended the provisional measure decre…

2021-09-14
rejected

The president of the Federal Senate, the Upper House of Brazil's National Congress, has returned pr…