Justice Alexandre de Moraes of the Brazilian Supreme Court has punished messaging service Telegram for disobeying an earlier court decision for it to deactivate accounts belonging to the former president’s supporters.
The prior decision was reached in January as part of an investigation into vandalism incidents at the nation’s capital’s public buildings. In order to “halt the propagation of criminal manifestations,” it required the messaging service to block five distinct accounts owned by Nikolas Ferreira, a congressman-elect, and others.
The Supreme Court reportedly penalized Telegram $100,000 Brazilian Reals (about $20,000) each day for disobeying the order, bringing the total cost levied on the business to $236,527. Telegram was given five days by the court to pay.
The judgment said that the providers’ willful non-compliance “indicates, objectively, cooperation with the continuous perpetration of the offences under inquiry.”
Telegram requested that Moraes review the decision in a letter, claiming that no particular illegal material had been found in it.
The corporation stated in the letter that Ferreira was an elected official that “no grounds or justifications were supplied for the entire shutdown of this channel, that is, the particular contents that would be regarded illegal were not disclosed.” At 1.47 million, the congressman won the most votes of any contender in the 2022 election.
While acknowledging that Telegram had mostly complied with the ruling, the Supreme Court sought more information regarding which particular content should have been taken down from the site.
Moraes issued a suspension order for Telegram in March of last year, citing the messaging service’s continuous disregard for court orders to freeze accounts that disseminated false material. Days later, once the corporation cooperated with the requirements, the suspension was lifted.
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