Social-Media
Brazil Supreme Court ordered Facebook to block the accounts of some Bolsonaro allies
A dozen Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro 's allies have blocked their accounts, according to Facebook BBC News. In the case of the allegations to the spread of false news about judges in the country, the Supreme Court of Brazil ordered 12 accounts blocked back in May. A judge in the Supreme Court said on Friday that the previous order was not fully complied with by Facebook.
In a statement to The Verge, a Facebook spokesperson said the company was following the "extreme" order, restricting the ability for the destination pages and profiles in IP sites in Brazil.
For failing to block access to the accounts in question throughout the world, the Supreme Court fined the company 1,92 million reais. It may have been subject to further daily fines of approx. 100,00 reais (approximately $19,000). "We now see no alternative but to comply with the decision blocking the accounts globally by threatening criminal liability for a local employee, while calling upon the Supreme Court, said the spokesman.
Twitter has been ordered by the Supreme Court in Brazil to block 16 accounts, but whether Twitter was fined is not clear. The Twitter informed the Verge that the order had been fulfilled in an email but appealed by the Brazilian Supreme Court.
According to Al Jazeera, the profiles have been disabled.
In March, Twitter removed a number of Bolsonaro 's tweets containing videos of hydroxychloroquine that calls for an end to efforts to promote distances between society and society. The Bolsonaro video supporting hydroxychlorocyte was removed by Facebook. The videos were in violation of the rules against spreading misinformation concerning the treatment of coronavirus. Positive testing for the coronavirus was later done by Bolsonaro.
