Brazil and Meta block supporters of attack on Parliament on social media

The assault on Congress also invades social spaces. A request to social networks to remove “anti-democratic” or propaganda content under the sign of support for the assault on institutional buildings in Brasília was made by the president of the Federal Supreme Court, Alexandre de Moraes. After his appeal, a spokesman for Meta, the group that owns platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, announced that all posts “calling on people to arm themselves and forcibly invade Congress, the Presidential Palace and other federal buildings.

According to the manager, the aggression perpetrated by supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro represents a “violating event”, a fact that constitutes an infraction. A similar classification was adopted following the assault by Donald Trump followers of the US Congress in January 2021.