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Americas Quarterly / Robert Muggah and Louise Marie Hurel and Pedro Augusto Francisco / Nov 13
“To date, most efforts to take down offensive content are focused on specific platforms: As the Brazilian case shows, there is always a risk that some technology companies will refuse to play ball. In such cases, governments will need to introduce rules to incentivize cooperation and punish defection. Social media companies too will need to carefully upgrade their content removal policies. Failure to do so is not just dangerous for elections, it is fatal for democracy.”
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