Read about it here – in Portuguese [find out here], remember other Brazilian states that passed similar laws [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] and read more about how governments around the world are handling the flood of misinformation amid pandemic [1] and how laws against fake news in the pandemic context are not proportionate and may violate human rights [2]
Acts that employ tools of constant authoritarian reinvention. Authoritarian manifestations that coexist with the democratic regime and affect democracy as a system of choice of legitimate representatives or as institutional dynamics that protect rights and guarantee pluralism.
Acts justified by tackling the covid-19 pandemic or another emergency. Under the democratic constitutional regime, emergency acts must respect the Constitution and protect the rights to life and health. Even so, because they create exceptional restrictions related to the health crisis, they require constant control over their necessity, proportionality and temporal limitation. In the long run, they demand attention so as not to become an anti-democratic 'new normal' beyond the moment of emergency.