The government expects to enact legislation holding social media users responsible during elections before the current parliamentary session ends in July.
The Japanese government is preparing legislation focused on the responsibility of social media users in elections.
The bill is intended to address issues around misinformation and fake news on social media platforms.
Officials aim to pass the measure during the ongoing parliamentary session, which concludes in July.
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Parliament definitively adopted on Tuesday the bill banning access to social networks for minors under 15. This measure, a first in Europe, was hailed by Emmanuel Macron as a major advance.
Japan's parliament enters the final scheduled week of its current session, with more than a dozen bills still awaiting approval after a recent deadlock.
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Support from the opposition Democratic Party for the People is expected to allow a bill criminalizing vandalism of Japan's national flag to pass the upper house of the Diet.
The Superior Electoral Court ordered platforms with over 5 million monthly users to detail how they will comply with electoral propaganda rules this year. The ordinance signed by President Kassio Nunes Marques on Tuesday (28) is unprecedented and demands specific reports from the companies.
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Japan enacted a new law on Friday banning desecration of the national flag, a measure pushed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi that critics say threatens free speech.