It's important to note that the basis for the ruling ordering the accounts deleted was that they had been directly involved in planning the January '23 attack on the Brazilian Congress, and had used Twitter to do so. The judge is also investigating them for hate speech, but these 7 accounts aren't being targeted simply because they're far-right racists.
It's completely unsurprising that accounts used to plan an attempted military coup would be ordered blocked, that's not actually considered free speech anywhere (it's furtherance of a criminal conspiracy). It's also a result that could happen in any country on earth, including the USA.
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u/ChickenDelight Sep 02 '24
It's important to note that the basis for the ruling ordering the accounts deleted was that they had been directly involved in planning the January '23 attack on the Brazilian Congress, and had used Twitter to do so. The judge is also investigating them for hate speech, but these 7 accounts aren't being targeted simply because they're far-right racists.
It's completely unsurprising that accounts used to plan an attempted military coup would be ordered blocked, that's not actually considered free speech anywhere (it's furtherance of a criminal conspiracy). It's also a result that could happen in any country on earth, including the USA.