Brazil's Supreme Court Expands Big Techs' Responsibilities, Orders Removal of Antidemocratic Content

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) has ruled to expand the responsibilities of social media platforms operating in the country. From now on, they will be civilly liable if they fail to proactively remove certain types of content—without waiting for a …

Brazil government begins legal analysis to challenge tax-hike reversal

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The office of Brazil’s solicitor general said on Friday it was conducting technical analyses that could lead the government to take legal action against the decision by Congress to overturn a tax hike on some financial …

Brazil’s Supreme Court decides to hold social media companies liable for user content

Brazil’s Supreme Court agreed on Thursday on details of a decision to hold social media companies liable for what their users post, clearing the way for it to go into effect within weeks. The 8-3 vote in Brazil’s top court orders tech giants like Google, …

Brazil announces compensation for dictatorship victim Vladimir Herzog

The government of Brazil has announced an agreement to acknowledge its responsibility in the murder of Vladimir Herzog, a journalist and dissident who was killed during the country’s dictatorship period. On Thursday, the government agreed to a statement of …

India’s Modi to attend next week’s BRICS summit in Brazil

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Brazil from July 5-8 to attend the BRICS Summit, New Delhi said in a statement on Friday. BRICS, founded as a grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to counter …

South African poultry industry faces uncertainty despite Brazil's avian flu declaration

Farming associations across South Africa are cautiously optimistic following Brazil's announcement earlier this week that it has declared itself free of the recent avian flu outbreak. This declaration comes in the wake of the Department of Agriculture …

Djuric thanks Brazil for principled support on Kosovo-Metohija issue

ST JOHN'S - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with the secretary-general of the Brazilian MFA, Ambassador Maria Laura da Rocha, and thanked her for Brazil's principled support for Serbia on the Kosovo-Metohija issue. The two officials met on the …

Brazil agrees to compensate family of Jewish journalist killed by military 50 years ago

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s government on Thursday signed a landmark agreement accepting responsibility for the killing of Vladimir Herzog, a prominent Jewish journalist and political prisoner whom the military dictatorship falsely claimed had killed himself …

Brazil supreme court rules digital platforms are liable for users’ posts

Brazil corn ethanol boom covers the demand as the country increases its biofuel mandate

Brazil's corn-based ethanol industry has grown to meet the growing demand in the country for renewable fuels. This is due to a government mandate that encourages the use of more ethanol as a gasoline additive. According to UNICA, the sugar and ethanol …