Brazil orders Google to curb campaign against 'fake news law'

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BRASILIA :The Brazilian government objected on Tuesday to Google LLC campaigning against an internet regulation bill to crack down on fake news and ordered the U.S. company to change a link on its search engine in Brazil.The proposed law was due to be voted on in the lower house of Congress later on Tuesday b

BRASILIA :The Brazilian government objected on Tuesday to Google LLC campaigning against an internet regulation bill to crack down on fake news and ordered the U.S. company to change a link on its search engine in Brazil.

"What we are avoiding is private, clandestine, disguised, unacknowledged censorship," he added in a news conference, saying Google was trying to curtail debate in Congress.Bill 2630, also known as the Fake News Law, puts the onus on the internet companies, search engines and social messaging services to find and report illegal material, instead of leaving it to the courts, charging hefty fines for failures to do so.

"Fake news led to the storming of government buildings on January 8 and has caused an environment of violence in our schools," he told Reuters.

 

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