Cybersecurity
Brazil House Passes Internet Bill as Rousseff Drops Data Demand
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A law for Internet rights passed the lower house of Brazil’s Congress last night, advancing the bill after President Dilma Rousseff ended a six-month standoff by giving up on a measure she said would protect Brazilians from spying.
The removal of a requirement for companies to host data from Brazilian users within the country’s borders was a win for Google Inc. and Facebook Inc., which had lobbied against the provision. Rules preventing Internet service providers from favoring some types of Web traffic over others were left intact, despite resistance from phone carriers such as Oi SA and Telefonica Brasil SA.