Felipe Neto is part of the government’s fight against online hate speech

The Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship (MDHC) is a Working Group to explore ways to combat hate speech and extremism. The team consists of people like youtuber and influencer Felipe Neto, anthropologist Debora Diniz Rodrigues, lawyer Christian Dunker, journalist Patrícia Campos Mello and university professor Lola Aronovich.

The formation of the group was published in the Official Gazette circulated this Wednesday (22). The work will be chaired by former congressman Manuela d’Ávila and lawyer Camilo Onoda Caldas will be rapporteur.

According to MDHC, the initiative will prepare a final activity report within 180 days, which will be forwarded to Minister Silvio Almeida. According to Almeida, The collective’s first task will be to understand how hate speech materializes. in social relationships.

“These hate speeches, fascist speeches, inspired by historical demolition experiences like Nazism, are not included in what we call democracy and freedom of expression. It has to be fought vigorously, they cannot reach people’s hearts,” he said.

The Minister also argued that what constitutes these hate speeches, which are “naturalized in the public environment, especially in the so-called social networks”, should be discussed.

Working Group Participants

The Working Group, which will explore ways to combat hate speech, will include a total of 24 civil society representatives and five representatives from MDHC.

The publication in the Official Gazette of the Union also states that representatives of institutions such as the Attorney General’s Office, the Ministry of National Education, the Ministry of Racial Equality, the Ministry of Women and the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples will be invited.

Participation in the Working Group will not be charged.shall be considered as the provision of a relevant public service.

Radicalization on social media

Youtuber Felipe Neto participated in the Internet for Trust, held in Paris, the capital of France, today. Organized by UNESCO, the event brings together the international community to discuss solutions to threats to information integrity and freedom of expression.

Speaking as one of the world’s biggest influencers, Neto talked about how he tried to take action and took advantage to fight Brazilian extremists. criticizing the main social networks in the world.

“We have to ask these companies what they do and how they can sleep at night. How can you say you care about human rights when you use radicalization literally for profit? “This cannot continue, we must fight radicalization for profit,” he said.

Phenomenal Felipe Neto, who attended a Unesco forum, called for action against online hate speech. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) defended the regulation of social networks in a letter to the event. #VisaoCN pic.twitter.com/jImjFh8y1a

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President Lula (PT) also blamed the big techs in a letter advocating the regulation of social networks. The document was handed over to UNESCO, and in it the head of the national Executive argues that social media erodes freedoms.

“We cannot allow the decisions of the few actors that control platforms today to affect the integrity of our democracies. Regulation should guarantee the exercise of individual and collective rights. It must correct the distortions of a business model that profits by exploiting users’ personal data,” says a quote from the letter by Lula.