Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that digital platforms must act immediately to remove hate speech and content that promotes serious crimes, in a key ruling on the liability of Big Tech for illegal posts. Brazil, where a Supreme Court judge famously took Elon Musk’s X offline last year for 40 days over disinformation, has gone further than any other Latin American country in clamping down on questionable or illegal social media posts. Thursday’s ruling makes social media platforms’ liable for third-party content deemed illegal, even without a court order.
Source: Brazil judges make social media directly liable for illegal content - Manila Standard