Moraes authorizes PGR inquiry into Google and Telegram leaders
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Body will investigate performance of directors and other members of companies against PL of Fake News
Brasilia DF) – Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the STF (Supreme Federal Court), determined this Friday (12) the initiation of an inquiry into the leaders of Google and Telegram in Brazil who participated in the campaign against the PL of Fake News.
The request to open the investigation was made to the Supreme by the PGR (Attorney General of the Republic), which in turn responded to a request from the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira (PP-AL).
They are cited in the request to the PGR link made available by Google on May 1st, whose title was “the PL of
fake news can increase confusion about what is true or false in Brazil” and also the message triggered by Telegram on the last 9th, which stated that a law would be passed that “will end freedom of expression”.
The Telegram message contained distortions about the Fake News PL, and Moraes threatened to take the platform off the air for a period of 72 hours if the messaging service did not remove it.
Lira argued to the PGR that the platforms encourage “their users to put pressure on congressmen” and promote a “disinformation campaign”.
This led, he said, to “a considerable overload on the IT services of the Chamber of Deputies, with the occurrence of instability in the portal and in the main support systems for legislative work” and affected legislative work.
The PGR, through the Deputy Attorney General of the Republic, Lindôra Araújo, asked to investigate the leaders on suspicion of crimes against democratic institutions, crimes against the consumerist order and crimes against the economy and consumer relations.
*With information from Folha de S.Paulo
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