Brazil gives Meta 72 hours to explain changes to fact-checking program
The Hindu
Brazil has given Meta 72 hours to explain the changes they made to their fact-checking program a couple of days ago.
Brazil's government will give Meta until Monday to explain the changes to its fact-checking program, Solicitor General Jorge Messias said on Friday.
The move comes after the social media company scrapped its U.S. fact-checking program and reduced curbs on discussions around topics such as immigration and gender identity.
It is not immediately clear exactly what will happen after the deadline expires.
“I'd like to express the Brazilian government's enormous concern about the policy adopted by the Meta company, which is like an airport windsock, changing its position all the time according to the winds," Messias, the government's top lawyer, told reporters in Brasilia.
"Brazilian society will not be at the mercy of this kind of policy,” Messias added.
On Thursday, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the changes were "extremely serious" and announced he had called a meeting to discuss the topic.
Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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