Brazil’s authorities are once again under fire from internet and free speech rights activists for attempting to push through the country’s Senate a new law (PLS 2630/2020) that deals with fake news.
The concern here is that the draft, which is being rushed through without necessarily observing due procedural rules, could produce severe negative consequences on online expression and communication by criminalizing certain behaviors by internet users and introducing bans, as well as loopholes in the envisaged reporting mechanism.
