A Supreme Court judge in Brazil ruled to block popular messaging application Telegram nationwide, barring one of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s favourite communication channels, in a decision p…
Highlights
- A Supreme Court judge in Brazil blocks Telegram, barring one of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s favourite communication channels.
- Judge cites Telegram’s failure to comply with orders from Brazilian authorities and remove messages found to contain disinformation.
- Decision comes as far right leader Bolsonara gears up to seek reelection in October, facing a popularity slump.
- Far-right leader has had various posts blocked on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for violating their rules on misinformation.
- Russia-born tech entrepreneur Pavel Durov has apologized to the Supreme Court for a “miscommunication” problem, blaming a “mistake” in the app’s encryption keys and servers.