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Biazita Gomes stated that TikTok Brazil had censored videos about national sovereignty and a tutorial to help people find their electoral zones. She also accused the platform of favoring the Bolsonaro family during the week, harming engagement and censoring videos from the progressive camp. #Censura #LiberdadeDeExpressão #SoberaniaNacional (translated)

Josias Teófilo expressed solidarity with the singer João Gomes, who, according to him, was being targeted by a virtual lynching for not taking a political stance. Teófilo stated that this absence of manifestation was a constitutional right. #Solidariedade #LiberdadeDeExpressão #DireitosHumanos (translated)

The Republic's Box stated that André Mendonça and Nunes Marques could soon prohibit popular demonstrations in support of Lula's reelection under some pretext, and said that, in the author's assessment, the objective would be to prevent the acts. #LiberdadeDeExpressão #Democracia #Manifestação (translated)

Lázaro Rosa stated that Meta employees said that the reach of Lula's posts had been restricted, while Flávio Bolsonaro's had been favored. He classified the situation as an intervention in the elections and asked his followers to share the post and use the hashtags #MetaDon'tIntervene and #FlávioCensorsThePeople. #MetaNãoSeMeta #FlávioCensuraOPovo https://t.co/LpJp21bDYa #Eleições2024 #Censura #LiberdadeDeExpressão (translated)

Thomaz stated that Meta admitted to having restricted the engagement of Lula's account. He considered the situation absurd and argued that the company should compensate for the damage by increasing, from then on, the sponsorship of the president's publications. https://t.co/7a0ZMEiTpL #Lula #Meta #LiberdadeDeExpressão (translated)

Felipe Neto stated that, after engaging on social media during the 2022 campaign alongside a few people, he saw the left expand its digital presence in the following four years. According to him, this advancement was important, although the environment was unequal: the algorithm would favor radicalization and hate speech, while companies like Meta would have acted to limit progressive posts and benefit conservative discourse. Neto said that, in the view of executives, these decisions would be part of business freedom, but he classified them as interference in national sovereignty. He also argued that platforms with significant communication power should be held accountable for the consequences of their decisions. Despite considering the election outcome disastrous, he said that the last four years showed reasons for hope. In Neto's assessment, the rise of the far-right in Brazil could boost resistance and strengthen the left's grassroots efforts both on the streets and online. He stated that the digital strength of the left, which was previously hard to imagine, was already a reality and urged people not to remain silent, but to question, research, and confront the scenario. #EsquerdaDigital #Resistência #LiberdadeDeExpressão (translated)

JH Fonseca stated that the STF had resumed the persecution of political opponents and said that Alexandre de Moraes had made journalist Oswaldo Eustáqui a defendant for criminal association, claiming that he used social media against the Democratic State of Law. The author also linked the resumption of what he called "nonsense" to Lula's improvement in polls. #STF #LiberdadeDeExpressão #Democracia (translated)

The ERC considered the broadcast of the ad Thank You, Mom, commissioned by Miguel Milhão, illegal for being deemed political propaganda rather than legitimate advertising, which sparked a debate about the limits of freedom of expression and the rules for content airing on television. #LiberdadeDeExpressão #Censura #PublicidadePolítica (translated)

Fandoms with Lula stated that WhatsApp had banned the group's channel after a message asking followers to watch #LulaNaGlobo. The group said there was no reason or violation and claimed that their groups and accounts were also being taken down. https://t.co/SbJndHCJY6 #Censura #LiberdadeDeExpressao #Lula (translated)

Lucas Pavanato stated that, according to him, the group he was referring to always resorted to edited videos, fake news, and distortions of the narrative. He said that the same method was used that day and advocated for the truth to be shared to combat the lie. He also urged people not to remain silent. #FakeNews #Verdade #LiberdadeDeExpressao (translated)

The Camarote da República wrote that the accesses of colleague Ana from Meteoro had been cut off and that the live broadcast scheduled for that day had gone offline. It also shared a link to the full text of a press release from Ana and her lawyers. https://t.co/wephwzvP0X #liberdadedeexpressão #justiça #direitoshumanos (translated)

Fandoms with Lula stated that they had been suffering daily actions from Meta, including account blocks, WhatsApp suspensions, group removals, and suspension of their Instagram page. According to the group, the platform also restricted Instagram on the grounds that it had solicited money from people. The group said it did not violate the policies of the platforms and that the episodes made it difficult for Fandoms to coordinate just before the elections. They also invited followers to join their channel in case the community was removed: https://t.co/iQWcUI6wCF https://t.co/iQWcUI6wCF #Censura #LiberdadeDeExpressão #Eleições2023 (translated)

Bernardo Moreira stated that Flávio Bolsonaro wanted to censor anyone who disclosed what he called the truth about him and said that the president of UNE had been the most recent target. He asked his followers to amplify the hashtag #NinguemCalaAUNE. #NinguemCalaAUNE #Censura #LiberdadeDeExpressao #UNEBrasil (translated)

Adriano de Lima stated that Flávio Bolsonaro's group in the Liberal Party wanted to silence the National Union of Students (UNE). He asked his followers to mobilize against this and publish the hashtag #NinguémCalaAUNE, asking who supported him. https://t.co/EMTKTNIA05 #UniãoNacionalDosEstudantes #LiberdadeDeExpressão #ProtestoEstudantil (translated)

Sam Pancher stated that he received many online attacks, usually linked to situations with which he claimed not to be involved. According to him, recently more leftist figures had started these attacks, although the right had also done so in the past. He reported receiving insults and threats, some of which he published for safety, but said that he did not disclose most of them. Pancher stated that he was in the interior of Minas Gerais for work and that people from his personal circle had sent worried messages. He said he decided to draw attention to the episode and asked people to identify those who were promoting the attacks. #AbusoOnline #Assédio #LiberdadeDeExpressão (translated)