Brazil - CPI convenes Facebook, Twitter and Google over misinforming Bolsonaro messages
The Commission wants social networks to explain why publications by the president were kept with denial content and contrary to sanitary measures. By Marcela Mattos and Sara Resende, G1 and TV Globo — Brasília 23/06/2021 10h31 Updated a day ago Covid's CPI approved this Wednesday (23) the call of representatives from Google, Twitter and Facebook. The purpose of the commission is to question the reason why companies do not take off the air content considered contrary to scientific evidence and sanitary measures released by President Jair Bolsonaro. The call requests were announced by the commission's vice president, senator Randolfe Rodrigues (Rede-AP), last Friday (18th). Now the commission has ratified the measure. The day before, Bolsonaro stated, during a live internet broadcast , that the coronavirus contamination could be “more effective” than the vaccination itself. So far, Brazil has registered more than 18 million people infected and more than 502,000 kill