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Moderate Globally Impact Locally: Content Moderation in Social Media in Latin America: A promise to consumers
Around the world, intermediary liability rules are coming under close scrutiny. But what makes the Latin American context unique is that, unlike the United States and Europe, there are no settled rules governing the platforms’ legal responsibility for the content they host. No Latin American country has passed legislation providing online intermediaries, such as Facebook, Google and Twitter, with blanket immunity analogous to the Section 230 of the U.S. Communications Decency Act. Moreover, a general law regarding intermediary liability is absent in most jurisdictions, with the exception of