{"id":9925,"date":"2023-05-09T11:38:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T09:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/09\/why-is-google-stonewalling-regulation-in-brazil-natalia-viana\/"},"modified":"2023-05-09T11:38:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T09:38:19","slug":"why-is-google-stonewalling-regulation-in-brazil-natalia-viana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/09\/why-is-google-stonewalling-regulation-in-brazil-natalia-viana\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Google stonewalling regulation in Brazil? | Natalia Viana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As dozens of countries debate adopting greater regulation, the tech giants are growing aggressive<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, 1 May, Brazilians were surprised when they went to the Google homepage. Under the familiar search field, a link said: \u201cThe fake news bill can make your internet worse.\u201d Whoever clicked on the link was taken to a Google blog that criticized draft law 2630, which was to be voted on Brazilian Congress the next day.<\/p>\n<p>The search homepage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/220534\/googles-share-of-search-market-in-selected-countries\/\">used<\/a> by more than 90% of 160 million internet users in Brazil, also claimed in another link that \u201cthe fake news bill can create confusion about what is true and what is a lie in Brazil\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Natalia Viana is an executive director of the Brazilian investigative journalism outlet Ag\u00eancia P\u00fablica. She has worked on investigations as part of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and her work has been featured in the New York Times, Foreign Policy, the Nation and the BBC<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2023\/may\/09\/us-tech-companies-regulations-brazil\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d5b4ba09ec1a0215341a16b127265e5ae6f4f12e\/0_0_4017_2410\/master\/4017.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=bc456cde2ffb53d8b4bf374581765288\" title=\"Why is Google stonewalling regulation in Brazil? | Natalia Viana\" \/>As dozens of countries debate adopting greater regulation, the tech giants are growing aggressive<br \/>\nOn Monday, 1 May, Brazilians were surprised when they went to the Google homepage. Under the familiar search field, a link said: \u201cThe fake news bill can make your internet worse.\u201d Whoever clicked on the link was taken to a Google blog that criticized draft law 2630, which was to be voted on Brazilian Congress the next day.<br \/>\nThe search homepage, used by more than 90% of 160 million internet users in Brazil, also claimed in another link that \u201cthe fake news bill can create confusion about what is true and what is a lie in Brazil\u201d.<br \/>\nNatalia Viana is an executive director of the Brazilian investigative journalism outlet Ag\u00eancia P\u00fablica. She has worked on investigations as part of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and her work has been featured in the New York Times, Foreign Policy, the Nation and the BBC Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As dozens of countries debate adopting greater regulation, the tech giants are growing aggressive On Monday, 1 May, Brazilians were surprised when they went to the Google homepage. 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