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Brazil’s New Electoral Disinformation Regulation

As the second round of Brazil’s 2022 Presidential Election draws near, the overwhelming volume of disinformation in circulation has prompted the creation of a new, groundbreaking piece of regulation. This gives extraordinary powers to the Superior Electoral Court to remove online content, and block users and even access to platforms that are found to spread the newly defined legal concept of ‘Electoral Disinformation.’

Download our report to learn what the new regulation means for your platform, and to access exclusive ActiveFence intelligence about the emerging online narratives in the Brazilian ecosystem that were sparked by this latest decision.

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Gideon Freud

Gideon is a Senior Intelligence Writer at ActiveFence. He graduated from Oxford University in 2012, where he studied social and cultural anthropology with a special focus on the growth of political extremism in Europe. He joined ActiveFence in January 2021, and is interested in researching the development of national laws focused on regulating online activities.