Visitors cast their shadows past the logo of Google at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
SAO PAULO, June 27 - The top executive of Google Brazil said on Tuesday the company encourages greater dialogue around regulating digital platforms in the country, in order to change a bill that might turn out to be "perverse" for everyone.an investigation into executives at social messaging service Telegram and Google who were in charge of a campaign criticizing a proposed internet regulation bill.
Fabio Coelho, vice president of Google Inc and Google Brazil director, told reporters during an event that the company is in dialogue with Brazilian authorities and "is not against" the regulation of digital platforms. "Google is always in the position of dialogue, the dialogue is to improve a regulation, so that it is not falsely good and turns out to be perverse for everyone," he said, suggesting that all actors involved in the regulation should be taken into account.
Later the same month, the platform displayed on its search engine home page a message saying such a bill could "worsen your internet." It redirected users to a blog post of text which was signed by Lacerda, which made numerous criticisms against the bill.Reporting by Patricia Vilas Boas in Sao Paulo Writing by Carolina Pulice Editing by Matthew Lewis