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Brazil judge bans messaging app Telegram for ignoring ruling

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Newest development Mar 21, 2022 · 4 reportsBrazil Supreme Court judge lifts ban on messaging app Telegram

SAO PAULO (AP) — A justice of Brazil's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the shutdown of messaging app Telegram nationwide, arguing it has not cooperated with authorities. The move is

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  1. Digital Journal

    Brazil Supreme Court judge bars messaging app Telegram (opens Digital Journal)

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    A Supreme Court judge in Brazil ruled Friday to block popular messaging application Telegram nationwide.

  2. Madison

    Brazil judge bans messaging app Telegram for ignoring ruling (opens Madison)

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    SAO PAULO (AP) — A justice of Brazil's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the shutdown of messaging app Telegram nationwide, arguing it has not cooperated with authorities. The move is

  3. NBC News

    Brazil judge suspends messaging app Telegram for ignoring ruling (opens NBC News)

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    A judge said in his ruling that Telegram remained silent after police ordered it to block profiles linked to an ally of President Jair Bolsonaro accused of spreading falsehoods.

  4. Al Jazeera

    Brazil Supreme Court judge bans Telegram messaging app (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Brazilian judge says messaging platform popular with President Jair Bolsonaro has failed to comply with judicial orders.

  5. Deutsche Welle

    Brazil: Telegram messaging app blocked by top court | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    A judge has ruled that Telegram ignored repeated orders to stop the spread of disinformation. Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, who seeks reelection in October, relies on the app to reach his voter base.

  6. France 24

    Brazil Supreme Court judge suspends messaging app Telegram, a key Bolsonaro platform (opens France 24)

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    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…

  7. Engadget

    Telegram has been banned in Brazil over disinformation issues (opens Engadget)

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    The Supreme Court ordered Google and Apple to remove the app from their stores..

  8. Engadget

    Brazil reverses its Telegram ban after just two days (opens Engadget)

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    The company says it wasn't getting the Supreme Court's emails..

  9. France 24

    Brazil Supreme Court judge lifts ban on messaging app Telegram (opens France 24)

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    The Supreme Court judge who had ordered messaging app Telegram blocked in Brazil reversed the ruling Sunday, after the tech company complied with an earlier decree to make changes to the platform.

  10. Quartz

    A ban in Brazil got Telegram to reverse its position on content moderation (opens Quartz)

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    Telegram is the last major social network that doesn't moderate misinformation. But after Brazil's Supreme Court banned the app over the weekend, its libertarian developers changed course.

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