The First Panel of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) denied two appeals presented by influencer Bruno Aiub, known as Monark, and unanimously upheld the decision that blocked profiles on social media.
Monark’s defense stated, in the appeals, that he had exercised the constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression and suffered prior censorship.
In the vote, Minister Alexandre de Moraes, president of the Court’s First Panel, states that no new arguments were presented to reverse the decision.
According to him, the blockade remains necessary to stop the spread of hate speech and encourage the breakdown of institutional and democratic normality.
by decision of Moraes, as part of the investigation into the acts of January 8th.
The STF considered that Monark used his own online profiles to spread false news about the Court and the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).
After the first lockdown, Monark created new social media accounts, .
. The minister considered that part of the accounts were not blocked by the platforms and that another part was not included in the first decision and was “being used to commit illegal acts”.
The exclusion of profiles on the following platforms was determined: Instagram, Facebook, X (formerly Twiiter), Rumble, Telegram, TikTok, YouTube and Discord, in addition to audio streaming platforms such as Deezer and Spotify.
