Digital charter: orphaned and inconsequential
The digital rights charter is on its way to the Constitutional Court, sent there by the very President who signed it into law, after being criticised by the very MPs who drew it up.
The Portuguese digital rights charter has been in force for 13 days and is still making political headlines. But not for the best reasons.
The cause of the uproar is the controversial article 6, on “protection against disinformation”. Now the President of the Republic has joined the debate. Despite having signed the law on 8 May, the President has just sent that article to the Constitutional Court for subsequent review.
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AI translation from the Portuguese. First published in ECO on 29 July 2021.