Brazil’s Supreme Court justices agree to make social media companies liable for user content

The majority of justices on Brazil’s Supreme Court have agreed to make social media companies liable for illegal postings by their users.

Gilmar Mendes on Wednesday became the sixth of the court’s 11 justices to vote to open a path for companies like Meta, X and Microsoft to be sued and pay fines for content published by their users. Voting is ongoing but a simple majority is all that is needed for the measure to pass.

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