The majority of justices on Brazil’s Supreme Court have agreed to make social media companies liable for ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/illegal-postings” target=”_blank”>illegal postings by their users.
ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/gilmar-mendes” target=”_blank”>Gilmar Mendes on Wednesday became the sixth of the court’s 11 justices to vote to open a path for companies like Meta, X and Microsoft to be sued and pay fines for content published by their users. Voting is ongoing but a simple majority is all that is needed for the measure to pass.
The ruling will come after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned of possible ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/visa-restrictions” target=”_blank”>visa restrictions against foreign officials allegedly…
