Brazil Bans Telegram Messaging Service in Crackdown on ‘Fake News’
- Justice Moraes orders internet providers to block the platform
- Bolsonaro calls ban ‘unacceptable,’ is challenging in court
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Brazil’s Supreme Court banned the popular messaging service Telegram, in a widening crackdown on what authorities describe as fake news and hate speech in the lead-up to presidential elections later this year.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Friday ordered internet providers and digital stores to block the app after repeated attempts by the federal police to get in touch with the service to remove content.