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Brazil's platform rules have focused on harms from commercial platforms. João Alexandre Peschanski of Wikimedia Brasil, Amalia Toledo of the Wikimedia Foundation and Elise Silva of the University of Pittsburgh argue digital public goods like Wikipedia need their own legal category.
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Wikipedia Isn't Big Tech, and Brazil's Platform Rules Should Say So
Brazil's approach to platform regulation risks undermining Wikipedia and the knowledge commons, write João Alexandre Peschanski, Amalia Toledo and Elise Silva.