Tag: Brazil
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Internet, Brazil, freedom via oppression...
Brazil's internet now has its own bill of rights. On 23 April, the country's president, Dima Rousseff, signed the Marco Civil da Internet, a bill that sets out new guidelines for freedom of expression, net neutrality and data privacy for the country's 100 million internet users. (1) Can freedom be determined by a... law? Can…
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Amazon tribes: Fight to death. Don't "preserve"...
Campaigners say the Brazilian government is failing to protect one of the world's most endangered tribes. [1] The Awa people are believed to number just 450, but their territory has attracted thousands of loggers and settlers. Last year a judge ordered all outsiders should leave the area within 12 months. But - surprise surprise! -…
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