Brazil orders Google to curb campaign against ‘fake news law’ – Nasdaq
By Anthony Boadle
BRASILIA, May 2 (Reuters) – The Brazilian government objected on Tuesday to Google LLC GOOGL.O campaigning against an internet regulation bill to crack down on fake news and ordered the U.S. company to change a link on its search engine in Brazil.
The proposed law was due to be voted on in the lower house of Congress later on Tuesday but has become a battleground between big tech firms and the government and its allies.
Justice Minister Flavio Dino said Google had two hours after being notified to change a link on its search engine that connects to material that argues against the regulation bill and urges readers to call their representatives to vote against it.
Dino said Google would be fined one million reais ($198,000) an hour if it failed to comply.
“What is this? An editorial? This is not a media or an advertising company,” the minister said.
“What we are avoiding is private, clandestine, disguised, unacknowledged censorship,” he added in a news conference,…
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