A Brazilian Supreme Court justice today banned the secure app Telegram from operating in all of Brazil, citing its failure to obey prior court orders to ban users from the platform and asserting the prevalence on Telegram of hate speech and disinformation
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(To be clear, by "secure app" I was just referring to its claims of encryption. @Snowden and others have said it's not safe - Signal is way better - and our Brazil exposés were enabled by hacks into Telegram. Was just emphasizing the ruling's severity).👇
1/ On Thursday, a Brazilian Supreme Court judge banned the app Telegram *for all of Brazil*, arguing it's used for hate speech and disinformation and hasn't obeyed prior banning orders.
Huge swaths of the political/media class *cheered* this, especially corporate journalists.
2/ A US-based journalist for Brazil's largest outlet, @tvglobo, went on the air to express how appalled he is at this ruling, explaining how it impedes the free flow of information and journalism. He's especially angry *Brazilian journalists led the cheers* for this censorship:👇
3/ Given he's based in the US, @JorgePontual should not be shocked to see *journalists* lead the movement *for more censorship* given this warped dynamic began in the US: journalists abandoning their traditional role of advocating free discourse, becoming pro-censorship leaders.
The Brazilian Supreme Court judge has now rescinded his order banning Telegram in all of Brazil after the company promised to abide by the court's banning and blocking orders over specific content and users.
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