[bestbits] Attempt to block Facebook in Brazil

[Carolina Rossini]

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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