Bills that have been proposed to fight cybercrime could undo the positive steps made two years ago, with the passage of the Marco Civil da Internet, by threatening free speech online.
The following in an excerpt of a CPJ blog post by Alexandra Ellerbeck, CPJ Americas Research Associate:
Two years ago, Brazil passed Marco Civil da Internet, a landmark piece of Internet civil rights legislation that made the country an international reference in digital rights. But its legacy is under threat from a cybercrime proposal that could radically change key aspects of the framework and threaten free speech online.
A report released last month by a parliamentary inquiry commission set up in July 2015 to investigate legal responses to cybercrime has proposed seven bills in its latest draft, including allowing police to access IP addresses without a judicial order and authorizing courts to block applications or websites that do not comply with Brazilian law.
Read the full post on CPJ’s site.