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CTOnews.com May 28 news, Brazil is South America's largest country, in the 17th century here is a Portugal colony, millions of Africans were trafficked here for labor. Recently, however, on Google Play Store, there has been a game with this background_Slave Simulator.

Developed by Magnus Games, the game hits the Google Play Store on April 20 and can be downloaded for free for Brazilian users. The description of the game goes like this: "Choose one of the two goals at the beginning of the slave master simulator: The Path of the Tyrant or The Path of the Liberator. Become a wealthy slave owner or achieve the abolition of slavery. Everything is in your hands. "In the game, players can use virtual wealth to buy, sell, punish or sexually abuse slaves.

The game was removed from Google Play Store on May 24, but it had already attracted strong opposition and condemnation from Brazilian society. "It's incredible that a digital platform could launch such a cruel and barbaric game in a country where racism is a crime and where slavery is a trauma," Brazilian federal lawmaker Orlando Silva de Jesus Juníol said in a congressional debate. And young people are the group that consumes the most games, and it's unacceptable for this to happen. "

Juníol, along with Andre Alexandre García da Silva of the racial justice advocacy group Unigro, filed a complaint against Google with Brazil's prosecutor's office, accusing it of violating Brazilian law's prohibition on "practicing, inducing or inciting discrimination or prejudice based on race, color, ethnicity or nationality." Junol tweeted that he would seek the most severe punishment for these people,"preferably by arresting those responsible." Junior's complaint also asks prosecutors to investigate offensive comments that appeared on Google's Play Store, some of which praised the game as "a good portrayal of what I want to do in real life."

The incident also triggered reactions from other political figures, including Councilman Ivan Valente, Rio de Janeiro City Councilman Teis Ferreira and Sao Paulo City Councilman Elaine Minero, who also filed their own complaints. The Brazilian Bar Association also condemned Slave Simulator, saying in a statement that the game "represents a throwback to the times and a regrettable racist mentality that should not exist and should not continue to exist."

On May 24, Brazilian prosecutors opened an investigation into why the game was available on Google Play Store. In a statement, the agency said Google has three days to provide "specific information about the game," including its availability and "a complete copy of all documents submitted by developers and internal administrative procedures for approval requests." Magnus Games 'portfolio includes a variety of simulation games, and other games developed by the company were no longer available for download on the Google Play Store Thursday night. And games like Slave Simulator still seem to be available for download in English on other Android app installation sites. CTOnews.com notes that in the Google Play Store description, which has been removed, Magnus Games states: "This game was created for entertainment purposes and we condemn slavery in the real world. "

Councilman Junior said the game highlighted the need for Brazilian lawmakers to pass PL 2630, a bill known as the Fake News Law. The bill, one of the world's most stringent on regulation of digital space, requires Internet companies to report illegal content and imposes heavy fines for failure to do so. But the bill has also caused controversy. Big companies such as Google and Meta, as well as free speech activists and conservative lawmakers, oppose the bill. Earlier this month, Marcelo Laceda, Google's head of government relations and public policy in Brazil, said that "hasty legislation could make the Internet worse, restrict fundamental rights…and create mechanisms that could jeopardize legitimate speech and freedom of expression." But as the Slave Simulator incident became a hot topic Wednesday, Juneau disputed those claims, tweeting,"Such a ridiculous thing that can appear on platforms shows the urgency of 'regulating the digital environment.' "

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