Whindersson Nunes once again lamented the death of Jéssica Vitória Canedo, 22, after fake news about a recent relationship between the two. The YouTuber also proposed the creation of a law to regulate profiles on social networks.
“I want to start a movement to see if it helps us create a law called Jéssica Vitória, to improve Brazilian legislation with this ‘unofficial journalism’ which is very dangerous”, began Whindersson in a video published on social media.
He reinforced that fake news can harm the lives of many people and the danger of profiles with many followers, who are not concerned with finding out the facts or the truth. “May this law bring a civil or criminal sanction to that person who posts a conversation, even a public one, without going after the veracity of the facts,” he said.
In the video, Whindersson stated that he will follow the investigations into the case. Moved, he also said he sympathized with the pain of Jéssica’s mother and recalled the day she lost her son. In May 2021, João Miguel died after being born prematurely at just 22 weeks.
At the beginning of the week, gossip profiles shared fake screenshots of a conversation between Jéssica and Whindersson. Both, however, denied the authenticity of the messages, claiming they were fake news, and stated that they did not know each other. The student then published a long message on her Instagram account, revealing that she was suffering attacks. She explicitly asked for the deletion of posts containing fake screenshots. Days later, family members reported the young woman’s death.
The Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship, Silvio Almeida, cited the case of the death of the young woman who was the target of fake news to defend the accountability of both those who spread false content and the companies responsible for the networks. “The regulation of social networks becomes a civilizing imperative,” he said on Saturday (23).
Silvio Almeida also republished on “Changing the liability regime for digital platforms is a political and even moral imperative that Congress must face. PL 2630 YES!”, says the message.
“The responsibilities [no caso de Jéssica] they need to be investigated and the perpetrators identified and punished. It’s not a left or right debate, it’s about civilization! The big issue needs to be resolved: platforms are not neutral, algorithms reward the extreme, the grotesque, the destructive, the aberrant, the chaotic. And this is paid! There are people profiting from the degeneration of society”, wrote the parliamentarian.
Source: Folha
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