[bestbits] Attempt to block Facebook in Brazil

Carolina Rossini carolina.rossini at gmail.com
Tue Oct 11 11:14:10 EDT 2016


note that this is related to Brazilian Elections Regulations, which are
very very innapropriate for the digital age and FoE, not Marco Civil

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi
>
> One of the strange Mondays in Brazil again.
> Today a judge ordered a block in Facebook throughout Brazil due to a
> political satire page.
> Facebook removed the page and the blockage ended up not really happening.
> However, next steps remain undetermined.
> Sorry, the news is in Portuguese.
> http://olhardigital.uol.com.br/noticia/juiz-manda-
> bloquear-facebook-em-todo-o-brasil-por-24-horas/62909
>
> Best,
>
> Renata
>
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