In the past several years, the Brazilian government has placed the power in the hands of the people, starting in 2007 when Brazilian academic and lawyer Ronaldo Lemos proposed an online bill of rights drafted by consensus. This led to President Dilma Rousseff signing into law an Internet constitution that guarantees the privacy of Brazilian citizens online and promotes freedom of information on the World Wide Web in 2014. In the midst of NSA spying scandals, countries around the world are inspired by the Brazilian Internet constitution, which shows the world how the freedom of the Internet can be preserved in a practical way.
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