Moraes demands inspection of fake news in a meeting with digital platforms and says that the 2nd round is “a disaster”

By Marcela Guimarães / 19/10/2022 / 1 minute reading

The president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), Alexandre de Moraes, met this Wednesday (19) with representatives of the main digital platforms. To those responsible for the most popular social networks in Brazil, he said that their performance was “reasonably good in the first round”, but in the second round the misinformation is “a disaster”.

According to a report from G1, representatives of companies participated in the meeting Meta (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp), Twitter, Tik Tok, Kwai, Linkedin, Google and Youtube.

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— Folha de S.Paulo (@folha) October 19, 2022

The president of the TSE told the representatives that platforms take time to remove content related to fake news, which ends up going viral and being quickly spread across very popular communication platforms such as WhatsApp.

Alexandre de Moraes also pushed for YouTube, TikTok and Kwai to not take more than 4 to 5 hours to remove videos when reported by the electoral court.

According to a report in the Folha de São Paulo newspaper, WhatsApp reportedly stated that the incidence of mass shootings has decreased in this election. YouTube also agreed to cooperate by showing itself more available to remove videos from their original platforms as quickly as possible to prevent viralization.

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