WASHINGTON, USA (FOLHAPRESS) - American Congressman Darin LaHood published, through social media, that he is "deeply concerned about the legislation proposed by Brazil that targets the main American innovators". The Republican refers to the bill that regulates digital markets.
US Commission says Brazil wants to censor companies and criticizes digital regulation
WASHINGTON, USA (FOLHAPRESS) - American Congressman Darin LaHood published, through social media, that he is "deeply concerned about the legislation proposed by Brazil that targets the main American innovators". The...
The project has already been criticized in a report by the USTR (US Office of Commerce), the same body that suggested a new 25% tariff on Brazilian products. For the office, in a report released in April this year, the bill aims to control the digital market in a way that disfavors specific foreign agents under the justification of competition regulation. Representative LaHood seems to agree.
In the post, he says that proposals like the bill are "anti-competitive and consumers are the ones who will suffer from these discriminatory policies." The text allows Cade (Administrative Council for Economic Defense) to create obligations for big techs to ensure competition in digital media. The urgency of the text was approved in March, with the rapporteur committing to hold the proposal until June and negotiating the affected sectors.
The US congressman's post was shared by the US House of Representatives' judiciary committee, chaired by Jim Jordan, a pro-Donald Trump Republican congressman. In January of this year, the committee met with former federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, senator and presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and journalist Paulo Figueiredo.
In April this year, the committee published a report in which it criticized the performance of the STF (Supreme Federal Court) minister, Alexandre de Moraes, and said that censorship could affect this year's elections. According to the document, between September 2025 and February 2026, Alexandre de Moraes issued a series of confidential court orders requiring platforms such as Google, X, Meta and Telegram to hand over users' personal data.
The committee, also on social media, cited the report again this Wednesday and wrote that "Brazil has been trying to censor American freedom of expression on American platforms for years." "Now, it's going after American businesses and consumers as well. Whether foreign or abroad, the commission will not let these attacks go unnoticed."
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