🇧🇷🌹📝❌👤❌ — More than 50 progressive-left intellectuals from various countries around the world have signed an open letter condemning Elon Musk's efforts to advocate for freedom of expression in Brazil, which they describe as "attacks by Big Techs against the digital sovereignty" of the country
🤝 Among the signatories are Brazilian intellectuals such as university professor (Federal University of Ceará) and journalist Helena Martins, who was considered for the Lula administration's transition team in 2022, and sociologist Sergio Amadeu da Silveira, professor at the Federal University of ABC, who stated last week in an interview with Agência Brasil that the country suffers from "digital colonialism" by U.S. technology companies.
🌐 Foreign researchers who signed the document include Argentine "feminist" professor Margarita Olivera from the Institute of Economics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), and French economist Gabriel Zucman, referred to as the "guru" of Finance Minister Fernando Haddad due to his studies on taxing the super-rich.
⁉️ The leftist intellectuals claim that the recent legal dispute with Elon Musk is part of a broader plan by Big Techs to "restrict the ability of sovereign nations to set a digital development agenda free from the control of megacorporations based in the United States."
🤡 They also supported the Lula administration's intention to regulate social networks. Among the goals highlighted by the government is to force Big Techs to pay higher taxes, which the signatories called "fair."
🇺🇳 The document also urges the UN to develop a transnational regulatory plan for access to and use of digital services.
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🤝 Among the signatories are Brazilian intellectuals such as university professor (Federal University of Ceará) and journalist Helena Martins, who was considered for the Lula administration's transition team in 2022, and sociologist Sergio Amadeu da Silveira, professor at the Federal University of ABC, who stated last week in an interview with Agência Brasil that the country suffers from "digital colonialism" by U.S. technology companies.
🌐 Foreign researchers who signed the document include Argentine "feminist" professor Margarita Olivera from the Institute of Economics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), and French economist Gabriel Zucman, referred to as the "guru" of Finance Minister Fernando Haddad due to his studies on taxing the super-rich.
⁉️ The leftist intellectuals claim that the recent legal dispute with Elon Musk is part of a broader plan by Big Techs to "restrict the ability of sovereign nations to set a digital development agenda free from the control of megacorporations based in the United States."
🤡 They also supported the Lula administration's intention to regulate social networks. Among the goals highlighted by the government is to force Big Techs to pay higher taxes, which the signatories called "fair."
🇺🇳 The document also urges the UN to develop a transnational regulatory plan for access to and use of digital services.
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