Após morte de jovem, ministro dos Direitos Humanos diz que regulação das redes é 'imperativo civilizatório'
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Silvio Almeida se manifestou sobre estudante que cometeu suicídio após ser alvo de fake news e defendeu projeto de lei para responsabilizar plataformas. Ministra das Mulheres criticou misoginia e também pediu regulação

They basically posted that she had an affair with Whindersson Nunes. When she posted that it was fake, the owner of the page responded: oh come on, you can’t fool anyone with those acting skills. She ended up committing suicide due to all the harassment from the fake news. There’s a Xwitter thread explaining everything (English). https://x.com/oLucasWelter/status/1738347114306957514?s=20

  • Vincent Adultman@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    651·
    11 months ago

    This affects me in a personal level and show how much power social media gives to random people. Note that the girl didn’t even had Instagram, she created one to respond to the fake allegations. She didn’t had an affair, it was fake/made up screenshots. She was only 22 years old. Rest In Peace. Hopefully the page and owner get sentences as they played big part in the harassment (22mil followers page Choquei).

    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      915·
      11 months ago

      I’m sorry that this affects you on a personal level.

      In reference to your name, that is one heck of a show. In my top 5 of best shows ever made.

      • Vincent Adultman@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        41·
        11 months ago

        Not that I am related to the girl, but lost due to suicide too. I guess it wasn’t clear.

        Yeah, Bojack is hella good.

  • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    371·
    11 months ago

    It’s not a left or right debate, it’s about civilization! The big issue needs to be resolved: platforms are not neutral, the algorithms reward the extreme, the grotesque, the destructive, the aberrant, the chaotic. And this is paid for! There are people profiting from the degeneration of society.

    – Silvio Almeida, Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship, Brazil

    I don’t think it has ever been said better or more concisely. I’m sorry that people have had to die for it to be said, and that more will die before it is ever corrected. But that guy gets it.

    • chitak166@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      Reinforce our commitment to act with diligence and responsibility

      So like, the businesses making these statements only do so after much deliberation from a group of people.

      They essentially gather in a room, or group call, and try to figure out what is the best way to say nothing while making it seem like you’re saying something.

      Someone was paid to make that statement. Nobody actually cares about what it means or if the company follows up on it. By then, everyone will have moved on.

      It’s a science at this point.

  • hh93@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    It’s basically the same kind of treatment the paparazzi and yellow press are giving prominent people and somehow it’s okay then just because they are famous.

    But for decades that was normalized because people were buying it and now it’s spreading to other areas as well