[bestbits] Attempt to block Facebook in Brazil

[Renata Aquino Ribeiro]

Hi

Yes! Brazil +100yo election day law is an interesting one!
Nobody can be arrested on election day for most common crimes, aggressive
campaigning means jail time and, last but not least, FoE becomes quite an
"interpretative" area.

Alas, best source to understand our complicated election laws are the folks
from the institutes researching democracy and technology. Here they are
copied.

Suffice to say that, despite all the legal pressure, Facebook is a major
advertising area for most retail in Brazil and crisis being what it is, not
even 5min Facebook was offline. Of course there was expendiency in removing
the political satire page but one can only wonder how much pressure do such
"out of the blue" blockage court orders really have in a country who is
listening far more to economic powers than to Marco Civil these days.

Best,

Renata


On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Carolina Rossini <
carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:

> Renata might be able to help you sooner. I am in a tight schedule today.
>
>
> On Tuesday, October 11, 2016, Ellery Biddle <ellerygv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> We are working on an item about this for Global Voices. Carolina, could
>> you explain or point us to an explanation of the election regs as they
>> relate to MC?
>>
>> Carolina Rossini wrote:
>> > note that this is related to Brazilian Elections Regulations, which are
>> > very very innapropriate for the digital age and FoE, not Marco Civil
>> >
>> > On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <
>> raquino at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi
>> >>
>> >> One of the strange Mondays in Brazil again.
>> >> Today a judge ordered a block in Facebook throughout Brazil due to a
>> >> political satire page.
>> >> Facebook removed the page and the blockage ended up not really
>> happening.
>> >> However, next steps remain undetermined.
>> >> Sorry, the news is in Portuguese.
>> >> http://olhardigital.uol.com.br/noticia/juiz-manda-
>> >> bloquear-facebook-em-todo-o-brasil-por-24-horas/62909
>> >>
>> >> Best,
>> >>
>> >> Renata
>> >>
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