Brazilian Supreme Courtroom Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the suspension of messaging app Telegram, following a request from the nation’s federal police, native information broadcasters TV Globo and CNN Brasil each reported on Friday.
The choice comes after the messaging app, which is extensively utilized by Brazil‘s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies, failed to reply to court docket orders to dam sure accounts that had been discovered to disseminate disinformation, Globo reported.
Brazil’s Supreme Courtroom (STF) didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. Anatel, Brazil’s telecoms regulator, mentioned it didn’t have any details about the problem.
In January, Bolsonaro accused the nation’s high electoral authority of “cowardice” for contemplating a ban of the messaging app amid issues of its use for spreading “faux information.”
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