{"id":1763,"date":"2020-06-29T13:05:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T21:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/netpolicy\/?p=1763"},"modified":"2020-06-29T13:07:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T21:07:40","slug":"brazils-fake-news-law-will-harm-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/netpolicy\/2020\/06\/29\/brazils-fake-news-law-will-harm-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil\u2019s fake news law will harm users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cfake news\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/legis.senado.leg.br\/sdleg-getter\/documento?dm=8125475&amp;ts=1593095770788&amp;disposition=inline\">law<\/a> being rushed through Brazil\u2019s Senate will massively harm privacy and freedom of expression online. Among other dangerous provisions, this bill would force traceability of forwarded messages, which will require breaking end-to-end encryption. This legislation will substantially harm online security, while entrenching state surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil currently enjoys some of the most comprehensive digital protections in the world, via its Internet Bill of Rights and the upcoming data protection law is poised to add even more protections. In order to preserve these rights, the \u2018fake news\u2019 law should be immediately withdrawn from consideration and be subject to rigorous congressional review with input from all affected parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cfake news\u201d law being rushed through Brazil\u2019s Senate will massively harm privacy and freedom of expression online. Among other dangerous provisions, this bill would force traceability of forwarded messages, &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/netpolicy\/2020\/06\/29\/brazils-fake-news-law-will-harm-users\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1759,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[378,283198,314161,327273,290533,10139],"tags":[],"coauthors":[327272],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Brazil\u2019s fake news law will harm users - Open Policy &amp; Advocacy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/netpolicy\/2020\/06\/29\/brazils-fake-news-law-will-harm-users\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Udbhav Tiwari\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/netpolicy\/2020\/06\/29\/brazils-fake-news-law-will-harm-users\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/netpolicy\/2020\/06\/29\/brazils-fake-news-law-will-harm-users\/\",\"name\":\"Brazil\u2019s fake news law will harm users - Open Policy &amp; 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