/New digital rights law raises fear for freedom of expression in Portugal – 07/16/2021 – World
New digital rights law raises fear for freedom of expression in Portugal – 07/16/2021 – World
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In force this Saturday (17), the new digital rights law in Portugal has come under criticism because of a potential risk to freedom of expression. Technology experts, journalists, politicians and NGOs have already expressed concern about Article 6 of the rule, which could lead to an interpretation that the state is responsible for deciding whether information published on Internet are true or not.
The government rejects this possibility, but the controversy surrounding the legislation, dubbed the Portuguese Charter of Human Rights in the Digital Age, has already taken hold. The law introduces the notion of disinformation – “any story that turns out to be false or misleading (…) to gain economic advantage or to deliberately mislead the public” – and
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The Liberal Initiative (IL) party, has demanded that the Mayor of Lisbon, Fernando Medina, assume political responsibility for the alleged disclosure of the.
PCP to demands general wage rise as national emergency By TPN/Lusa, in News, Politics · 19-05-2021 17:08:00 · 0 Comments
The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) has accused the Government of having wasted opportunities to respond to the most pressing needs of workers and demanded a general increase in salaries as a national emergency .
Jerónimo de Sousa, secretary-general and member of parliament for the Communists, criticised the Socialist Party and made a list of demands to the executive led by António Costa in a nine and a half minute speech at the opening of the questioning in parliament on workers rights.