Google Brazil is fined for alleged manipulation related to the Fake News PL

• This happens after the Google show on your home news with a bias contrary to the PL discussion.

• The determination comes at a time when the Chamber of Deputies is preparing to analyze the regulation of the so-called 'big techs' that own social networks.
• Senacom demands that the company immediately stop these practices.
• Failure to comply with the measure imposed by the body may result in a fine of one million reais per hour, as of notification of this measure.
• The Minister of Justice, Flávio Dino, highlights the importance of regulation in the face of the aggressive and arrogant practices of Google. He also stated that “what we are seeing in terms of misleading, coded and abusive advertising shows how necessary and urgent regulation is”.

In the early afternoon of this Tuesday (2), at 13:30 pm, the link is no longer on the home page of the Google.

In a note, the Google informed that it supports discussions on measures to combat disinformation and that PL 2630 should be debated more broadly with society.

“We support discussions on measures to combat the phenomenon of disinformation. All Brazilians have the right to be part of this conversation and, therefore, we are committed to communicating our concerns about Bill 2630 in a public and transparent way. We highlight these concerns in marketing campaigns across traditional and digital media, including on our platforms.

We also reinforce this position on the official blog of Google and on the Search home page, through a message with a link about PL 2630. These are resources that we have already used on several occasions, including to encourage vaccination during the pandemic and informed voting in elections.

It is important to note that we never manually change the results lists to favor the position of a specific web page. We do not expand the reach of pages with content contrary to PL 2630 in Search, to the detriment of others with favorable content. Our ranking systems apply consistently to all pages, including those managed by Google.

We believe that the bill and its impacts should be debated more broadly with the whole of society. Like several groups and associations that spoke in favor of postponing the vote, we understand that more time is needed for the text to be improved and we remain at the disposal of parliamentarians and public authorities to clarify any doubts about how our products work.”

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Google includes text against fake news PL on the search engine’s home page; Government reacts

Following reports about a campaign being promoted by internet search and social media platforms against the Fake News Bill (PL 2630/20), the Minister of Justice and Public Security, Flávio Dino, published this Monday (1st), on Twitter, that the department will investigate the possible occurrence of abusive practices by companies.

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