Bolsonaro Looks Away From Twitter, Facebook After Trump Ban

Invites social media followers to follow Telegram, Parler
Bolsonaro allies furious since Trump booted from networks

Jair Bolsonaro
Photographer: Andre Borges/Bloomberg

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By Andrew Rosati

January 12, 2021 at 11:59 PM UTC

Updated on

January 13, 2021 at 1:02 PM UTC

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is urging his followers to pivot away from Twitter and Facebook after the popular social networks banished U.S. President Donald Trump from their platforms.

The far-right president on Tuesday invited his 6.6 million Twitter followers to subscribe to his channel on the messaging app Telegram Messenger LLP, a competitor to Facebook’s WhatsApp Inc.