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New Hasty Attempt to Tackle Fake News in Brazil Heavily Strikes Privacy and Free Expression

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Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItShare ItFormer EFF intern Shashank Sirivolu contributed to this blog post. Social media users who have sued companies for deleting, demonetizing, and otherwise moderating their content have tried several arguments that this violates their constitutional rights. Courts have consistently ruled against them because social media platforms themselves have the First Amendment...In a new round of talks this week to formulate a , EFF is calling for strictly limiting the scope of the convention’s international cooperation...

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New Hasty Attempt to Tackle Fake News in Brazil Heavily Strikes Privacy and Free Expression

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