Meta's loosened moderation policy puts it on a collision course with regulations in Latin America’s largest economy.

To protect their business model, Meta (and billionaire Elon Musk's X) have aligned themselves with the far right.

Meta scraps its independent fact-checking program in the US, igniting fears about the spread of hate speech and disinformation in Brazil.

Brazil’s government will give Meta until Monday to explain the changes to its fact-checking program, Solicitor General Jorge Messias said on Friday.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a bill on Monday restricting smartphone use in schools, aligning with a global movement to limit devices in educational settings. The law, set to take effect in February,

In a statement to Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) in November of last year, Meta used a tone opposite to that now employed by Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s CEO, when discussing its moderation activities.

Former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is facing criminal charges, has been invited to Trump's inauguration even though Brazil's government has confiscated his passport

Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to do away with Meta’s third-party fact-checking service was presented as a sweeping cultural change across the company’s platforms—but apparently, its new policy will apply only in the United States.

Jair Bolsonaro has had a rough couple of years: election losses, criminal cases, questionable embassy sleepovers. So when he finally received a piece of good news last week — an invitation to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration — it lifted his spirits.

Brazil’s Solicitor General has criticised Meta’s hate speech policy changes, while the company claims it aims to secure greater freedom of expression. Brazil will hold a public hearing this week to discuss this issue.

The removal of Meta’s fact-checking feature will only apply to the US until its new community notes program is thoroughly tested and adopted, Meta told Brazil.

An eclectic array of the most interesting and powerful humans on the planet have been hand-picked by soon-to-be US President Donald Trump to attend his inauguration day.