The European Union approved sweeping legislation in 2022 requiring social networks to adhere to specific rules about what can be posted on their sites. “It might encourage some other countries to do the same.”Yet there were signs that even Justice Moraes believed he had gone too far. But Justice Moraes retained the threat of fining anyone who continued to use X in Brazil via VPN. Justice Moraes has continued to use the threat to democracy as a justification for his actions. “But it’s a permanent state of exception, and that’s not good for any sort of democracy.”The post How Brazil’s Experiment Fighting Fake News Led to a Ban on X appeared first on New York Times.
