> Brazil’s supreme court has ruled that social media platforms can be held legally responsible for users’ posts, in a decision that tightens regulation on technology giants in the country.

> Companies such as Facebook, TikTok and X will have to act immediately to remove material such as hate speech, incitement to violence or “anti-democratic acts”, even without a prior judicial takedown order

https://www.ft.com/content/4a5235c5-acd0-4e81-9d44-2362a25c8...

Twitter was blocked immediately, without a public hearing or appeal process.

> In early May 2023, when the bill was about to be approved, Google and Telegram used their own platforms to express their opposition to the bill to their Brazilian users, and soon after were forced to back down by government institutions.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Congressional_Bill...

Brazil has a low "Freedom on the Net" rating, "partly free": https://freedomhouse.org/country/brazil/freedom-net/2024# .