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Attorney General adopted order requiring Facebook to remove deepfake content about Minister of Finance

On 9 January 2025, Brazil's Attorney General's Office (AGU) issued an extrajudicial notification ordering Facebook to remove a video manipulated with artificial intelligence (AI) falsely depicting Finance Minister Fernando Haddad making statements a…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body

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2025-01-09
under investigation

On 9 January 2025, Brazil's Attorney General's Office (AGU) issued an extrajudicial notification or…