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Digital Services Law : how should regulation be handled in Brazil ?
Aline Noleto is a Data Regulation consultant at Protiviti , a company specialized in solutions for risk management , compliance , ESG , internal audit , investigation , and data protection and privacy .
She tells Intelligent CIO that any Brazilian equivalent to the European Union ’ s Digital Services Act requires careful adaptations to the national reality and effective mechanisms to prevent abuses and censorship .
The Digital Services Act ( DSA ) came into force in the European Union in November 2022 with the aim of regulating online content and making big techs more accountable for what is published on platforms .
The law requires companies such as Meta ( Facebook / Instagram ), X ( formerly Twitter ) and Google to quickly remove illegal content on their platforms , at the risk of fines that can reach 6 % of global revenue . In addition , the regulation seeks to combat the spread of misinformation and harmful content .
This new regulatory framework has already begun to be tested with the recent conflict between Israel and Palestine . Faced with the rise of anti-Semitic posts about the war , European Commissioner Thierry Breton has called on big tech companies to remove certain content quickly , using the DSA as a legal argument .
In this context , companies would have to act more quickly against the proliferation of inappropriate content in order to avoid possible millionaire fines . Recent examples of this include Facebook removing posts containing hate speech against Israelis and TikTok banning hashtags that promoted false information about the conflict in the Gaza Strip .
Given these facts , it ’ s safe to say that the DSA can exert pressure on tech companies , forcing them to moderate harmful content more proactively and prevent the spread of violence , fake news , and other incidents . On the other hand , this
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