Brazil‘s Federal Supreme Court judge, Alexandre de Moraes, determined the full suspension of the Telegram app in Brazil this Friday.
In his order, the minister stated that the decision is based on the app’s failure to comply with the determination to block and demonetize accounts linked to blogger Allan dos Santos, who is now considered a fugitive from justice in the investigation that investigates digital militias and fake news production.
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In the decision, Moraes asks the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) to take measures for the suspension within 24 hours for telephone operators to insert blocks to prevent the use of the application.
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In addition, the ruling calls for the app to be pulled from Google and Apple‘s online stores.
In a note, Anatel informed that it was officiated by the STF and “provided the immediate forwarding of the judicial decision to the entities operating in the regulated sector that are relevant to the judicial determination.”
Translated by LABS