/New digital rights law raises fear for freedom of expression in Portugal – 07/16/2021 – World
New digital rights law raises fear for freedom of expression in Portugal – 07/16/2021 – World
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In force this Saturday (17), the new digital rights law in Portugal has come under criticism because of a potential risk to freedom of expression. Technology experts, journalists, politicians and NGOs have already expressed concern about Article 6 of the rule, which could lead to an interpretation that the state is responsible for deciding whether information published on Internet are true or not.
The government rejects this possibility, but the controversy surrounding the legislation, dubbed the Portuguese Charter of Human Rights in the Digital Age, has already taken hold. The law introduces the notion of disinformation – “any story that turns out to be false or misleading (…) to gain economic advantage or to deliberately mislead the public” – and
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