Telegram complied with the decision of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) and Deleted message attacking Bill 2630/2020, popularly referred to as Fake News PL. The decision was made this Wednesday (10), hours after a post from Minister Alexandre de Moraes.
Yesterday afternoon (09), the leaders of the app surprised everyone by sending a post that said “Democracy in Brazil is under attack” to all Brazilians who have an account on the service. The text also said the bill “could end freedom of expression”.
If Telegram didn’t comply with the order to delete the message, the company would be suspended nationwide for 72 hours. Additionally, Minister Alexandre de Moraes has even set a fine of BRL 500,000 per hour even when the app is already offline.
disclaimer message
Brazilian Telegram users who access the official channel in the app can no longer access the message, unlike Fake News PL. There is a recent publication on the case that depicts the case.
“We have received an order from the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil (STF) that compels Telegram to remove our previous message regarding PL 2630/2020 and to send users a new message below,” it says at the beginning of the text.
“With the determination of the FEDERAL SUPREME COURT, Telegram company reports: The previous message from Telegram characterized STUNNING and LEGAL DEFORMATION attacking the National Congress, the Judiciary, the Rule of Law and Brazilian Democracy for fraudulently distorting the discussion. Discussions on the regulation of providers of social networks and private messaging services (PL 2630) with the aim of encouraging and promoting the company’s withdrawal.
Despite the disappearance of mass shared content yesterday, it is still possible to reach Telegram positioning from this link.
Source: Tec Mundo
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