Brazil Bolsonaro : Facebook told to block accounts of president’s supporters
▻https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53625728
Facebook has complied with an order by Brazil’s Supreme Court to block the accounts of a dozen top allies of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. The group are accused of spreading fake news against judges. However, the social media giant said the measure was a threat to freedom of speech, and said it would appeal against the order. Its platform has been used to call for a military coup to shut down Congress and the Supreme Court. In May a judge ordered Facebook to block 12 accounts and (...)
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