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Latin America is moving fast to protect democracy from excesses of big tech

Written by Sebastian Smart, Senior Research Fellow in Access to Justice, Law and Technology, Anglia Ruskin University

Brazil's president Lula da Silva is one of the Latin American leaders who are concerned about misinformation being used to undermine democracy.Focuspix/Shutterstock

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