Facebook condemns Brazil's apex court's order to block Bolsonaro allies' handles globally

Facebook on August 1 condemned Supreme Court of Brazil after it asked social media giant to block 12 handles of allies of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro even outside country and also imposed heavy fines on company. Facebook has said that it would appeal decision as it feels that order is 'extreme' and violates 'freedom of expression' where Brazilian Supreme Court doesn't have jurisdiction. court is overseeing an investigation into allegations that supporters of Bolsonaro ran a campaign on social media in 2018 to discredit court and character assassinate and threaten its judges.

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Supreme Court of Brazil in May asked Facebook and Twitter to block 12 and 16 handles respectively from ir platforms. However, on July 30, court summoned both companies and said that y failed to comply with its orders as y did t block handles globally and people were able to access it with foreign IP. court on July 31 slapped a fine on Facebook of $3,67,710 and asked it to ban handles globally or face daily fines of 1,00,000 reais. It is t clear if court imposed similar fines on Twitter.

According to reports, members of far-right who are being investigated for spreing fake news during Brazil's 2018 election are also accused of violating laws of hate speech. 

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Facebook to pay $650 million in US

Facebook has agreed to pay $650 million as a settlement in a class-lawsuit action filed against company related to a breach of privacy of Illiis users. According to reports, users from Illiis, United States filed a case against social media giant after company violated state's Biometric Information Privacy Act when it collected pictures of local residents without ir consent for its automatic photo recognition techlogy that allowed Facebook to automatically tag someone by recognizing ir face in im posted by ar user.

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