Known as the Fake News Bill, Bill 2630/20 institutes the Brazilian Law on Freedom, Responsibility and Transparency on the Internet and seeks to regulate the dissemination of information and misinformation, especially on social media and instant messaging services, such as WhatsApp and Telegram, in order to prevent the large-scale dissemination of fake news.
The Bill was approved by the Federal Senate in June 2020 after much debate. The final text approved by the House removed, for example, the requirement to provide a valid identification document and cell phone number to create accounts on social media and messaging services. The possibility was criticized due to the risk of violating users' privacy, taking into account, above all, the General Data Protection Law (LGPD) .
With the approval, the Bill and 70 other amendments were sent vietnam mobile database to the Chamber of Deputies for consideration, which had its vote postponed several times. With the aim of improving the legislation on the subject, the proposal, in addition to introducing rules for social media providers, also had its application extended to search engines, such as Google – also affecting providers that offer, in a professional manner and for economic purposes, services to the public that have more than two million registered users, even for companies headquartered abroad, as is the case with Telegram.
The bill's rapporteur, Orlando Silva (PCdoB-SP), excluded from the text the requirement for foreign companies to have headquarters in Brazil to minimize the possibility of driving away investments in the country. However, he maintained the requirement for organizations to appoint a legal representative in Brazil. Journalistic companies, non-profit online encyclopedias, scientific and educational repositories, and open-source software development and sharing platforms are excluded from the rules.
As discussions progressed, the Chamber's Working Group (WG) concluded, in early December 2021, the vote on the rapporteur's report, with the application of rules aimed at providers - including the obligation for organizations based outside the country that offer services to the Brazilian public and have more than 10 million registered users.