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BRAZIL: New Prez To Criminalize Online News, Info In Threat To ‘Free Internet Everywhere’

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Brazil’s new left-wing regime is increasingly exhibiting authoritarian tendencies as the government gears up to criminalize “fake news and disinformation” online, says renowned journalist Glenn Greenwald.

In a report posted to Substack, Greenwald revealed that the Brazilian government is set to ban “fake news and disinformation” on the internet, along with criminal penalties for those who disseminate it — an unprecedented move for a country deemed as part of the democratic free world.

“Under Brazil’s new government headed by President Lula da Silva, the country is poised to become the first in the democratic world to implement a law censoring and banning ‘fake news and disinformation’ online, and then punishing those deemed guilty of authoring and spreading it,” Greenwald wrote.

“Brazil’s law would be anything but advisory. Though the details are still yet to be released, it would empower law enforcement officials to take action against citizens deemed to be publishing statements that the government classifies as ‘false,’ and to solicit courts to impose punishment on those who do so,” he added.

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