Topic: Brazil
Brazil has increasingly implemented policies that threaten free speech and privacy, including mandatory age verification laws and aggressive censorship measures. The government has faced criticism for its actions, such as ordering global takedowns of online speech and requiring biometric data for access to services. These developments highlight the ongoing struggle against state-sponsored surveillance and censorship in the country.
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Brazil Enters Rumble Case to Defend Pro-Censorship Judge
Brazil’s argument is that the judge’s orders are shielded by immunity even if they broke the law.
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Brazil Requires Biometrics for Pensions, Even After Data Leak
The agency now demanding everyone’s face and fingerprints leaked the records of 2 million Brazilians a month ago.
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How Apple Lost in Brazil and Won Anyway
Apple turned a regulator’s order into a set of fees and reporting rules engineered to keep competition out.
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US Court Summons Pro-Censorship Brazil Judge Moraes in Rumble Lawsuit
A Brazilian judge who ordered an American platform shut down for refusing to censor his own critics now has 21…
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Brazil’s Justice Moraes Ordered Global Takedowns of American Users’ Speech, House Report Reveals
A Brazilian judge has been ordering American tech companies to delete American speech for five years, and a new congressional…
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GrapheneOS Defies Age Verification Surveillance Pressure
GrapheneOS is doing what Apple and Google won’t: treating market access as a worthwhile price for not building a government…
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Brazil Launches Mandatory Age Verification Law for Online Platforms
Brazil built a national age verification system, called it child protection, and buried the surveillance infrastructure in the footnotes.
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Privacy Groups Revolt Against Google’s Demand to Register Every Android Developer
Google is turning sideloading from a right into a permission slip, and the open-source community has until September to convince…
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Apple Expands Age Checks to Australia, Brazil, Singapore, and US States
The company selling privacy as a feature is now running age screening on 18+ app downloads without explaining what data…
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Brazil Charges Woman for 2020 Social Media Posts Under Court-Defined “Transphobia”
The country’s Supreme Court created the crime she’s accused of without asking Congress, and now a veterinary student faces a…
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Google Softens Planned Android Sideloading Ban but Keeps Developer ID Verification
Google’s nod to openness feels more like a gated entrance than a genuine return to Android’s freewheeling past.
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Brazil Launches AI-Driven “Platform of Respect” to Prosecute Gender Speech Offenses and Track Online Dissent
The “Platform of Respect” reveals how censorship can arrive draped in the language of inclusion.