Brazil TSE weighs WhatsApp channel suspension 48h before runoff
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Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) justice Ricardo Villas Bôas Cueva rejected a request from Flávio Bolsonaro's campaign to suspend mass WhatsApp messages sent by the government, ruling the content appears informative. The decision allows the messaging to continue, a setback for the Bolsonaro campaign ahead of the election.
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Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) has affirmed the legality of government-sent WhatsApp messages by the Lula campaign, rejecting a Bolsonaro campaign request for suspension. Concurrently, the TSE has established that suspensions of election-related WhatsApp groups require full court approval, limiting unilateral judicial actions. A separate Supreme Court initiative to interfere with WhatsApp channels, linked to Bolsonaro, was halted following press exposure.
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