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[–] Sanctus 370 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Brazil has been on it lately. At least with sticking it to tech bros

[–] [email protected] 254 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah, they found out they could win, when they stuck it to X and straight up banned them until they complied.

Just like the big tech companies have different ToS for EU consumers.

Mad respect to them, but it should be normal. But it's not.

[–] lolrightythen 44 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Also like California passing public health laws and companies deciding it is easier to comply to the entire U.S. instead of duplicating product lines.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil 42 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

All the BRICS have. Brazil just stands out, because its not a country we've flagged as "Evil Enemy Run By Inhuman Savages".

[–] [email protected] 94 points 2 weeks ago (38 children)

It also helps that unlike the R and the C in BRICS, they aren't imperialists threatening and/or invading their neighbours. Brazil is a good world citizen.

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[–] Sanctus 48 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Not all, India is in BRICS and they are part of the problem in the tech world.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

because its not a country we’ve flagged as “Evil Enemy Run By Inhuman Savages”.

Unless the subject is Amazon deforestation, in which case we have to stop these inhuman savages from destroying this global patrimony (mine). Please don't ask who's buying the cattle and soy being grown there or running the mining companies or where I got all this fertile land.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Idk which video was, but Brazil tremendously improved on the Amazon deforestation issue. https://youtu.be/6gI-wKbKfeI

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, a lot of things changed for the better once they got rid of Bolsonaro

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's not on my 2025 bingo card I'll admit, but I'm here for it.

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[–] [email protected] 190 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Giving 72h to reply on a Friday is a nice touch ;⁠-⁠)

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago

"there is none". Explained in 10 seconds. Happy weekend!

[–] [email protected] 178 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)
[–] LanguageIsCool 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Double entendre: “eu” means “me” in Portuguese

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[–] [email protected] 146 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Did not expect Brazil to be the hero we need right now, but I’m here for it.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Brazil has at least some history of fighting against tech giant's disrespect of regularions https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_of_Twitter_in_Brazil

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[–] blueamigafan 137 points 2 weeks ago (15 children)

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine Brazil apparently propping up the internet, but huge swathes of twitter shutdown when Brazil banned it a while back, for a short time.

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[–] Loce 95 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Brasil, please ban facebook. First twitter then facebook. Fuck the gready corporate assholes. Someone needs to make a first step and create a precedent, we need this. Social media will be (already is) the downfall of our civilization.

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Common Brazil W

[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Makes sense for any country tondo this because as has become clear, it doesn't matter if you're a democracy or a dictatorship, if you are liking musk and face or not, X and meta can and will destabilize your country and once it happens, there is nothing you can do about it except banning the entire site, which will be an unpopular choice.

Musk especially has shown to be all about himself and he'll just push whatever political right wing party to destabilize a country.

Fuck x, fuck Facebook

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Meta's anti-LGBT rules are closely knit to their ending the fact-checking: It is science denialism and linked to racism and vaccine skepticism.

Homosexuality and gender identity are not considered mental illnesses, Sex is not a binary, and Race is not connected to intelligence.

Bigots never liked science on these three, and now they use political power to impose their narrative.

Meta never moderated such discourse. Nor reddit nor twitter nor youtube. There was no censorship to end here. What this is, it is a free pass to punch down trans and gay people. It is incitement to violence, and Zuckerberg and Musk must go to the gallows for it.

Don't get me started on the toxic harassment these platforms have allowed against African and Carribean reparation activists, how they have destroyed the lives of feminists, and how they have named all Palestinians terrorists.

At this point race realists and gender essentialists have ensured political and technological control of the narrative.

There is no room for debating sealioning trolls on this one. If they don't understand the social dynamics against gender/sex/minorities at this moment, they are no better than brownshirts.

It is permabans and hooks and jabs all the way, for every single weird freak that backs this deranged hateful shit.

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[–] Sterile_Technique 68 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)
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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

According to the extrajudicial notice, this allows users to associate sexual identity to “a mental illness or abnormality” and allows “the defense of professional limitations based on gender.”

Why does anyone associate with this site. It's beyond me.

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[–] Stamau123 52 points 2 weeks ago

"We don't have to pretend anymore."

[–] aceshigh 49 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Good. At least someone is saying something. More people and companies should voice their opinion.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Codandchips 36 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Brazil gives Meta 72 hours to explain new fact-check policies>

Meta: we don't have any

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago

"we hate gays"

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] deus 24 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Enjoy it while it lasts. We like to immitate the US so in 2026 it's very likely that we'll elect a reactionary idiot again.

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