The minister of the (Supreme Federal Court) stated this Wednesday (8) that the court will not allow them to be used for hate speech. The judge also said that these companies will also not be able to act in collaboration with extremist groups.
“In Brazil, they will only continue to operate if they respect Brazilian legislation. Regardless of the bravado of big tech managers,” he said.
This Tuesday (7), the CEO of Meta, owner of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, announced changes to the company with . In the same speech, he attacked the judiciaries in Latin America, which he called secret.
The minister’s statement was given in a conversation held at the Supreme Court as part of the agenda for the memory of the .
The event was attended by ministers and civil servants who worked to contain the invaders, clean the buildings and restore works. The court’s headquarters building was one of the hardest hit by depredation.
Moraes stated that the cause of these events is on social media. At this time, he once again defended the regulation of platforms as a means of protecting democracy and preventing the repetition of acts like those in 2023.
“All of this arose from the moment that right-wing extremists took over social networks to use them, or with them, to instrumentalize democracy. What they do is corrode democracy from within, pretending that they believe in freedom, in democracy, they want to return to the law of the strongest. Against the rights of minorities, women, black people. Not for other reasons did these racist, misogynistic, fascist speeches return”, he said. “That’s the freedom they defend. And that’s the challenge today.”
Moraes, who is the rapporteur of the inquiries arising from the investigations into the coup plot, also made a retrospective of several acts that preceded January 8, 2023 and indicated a propensity for attacks.
“One day in support of the second round we had, inflated through social media by coup groups, demonstrations of trucks obstructing the highways. The PFR was again acting soft. There was a need for this Supreme Court to give a decision. A whole coup schedule”, he said.
STF security officials refuted statements made by supporters of the invaders and stated that it is not possible to say that the extremists were workers and housewives. On the contrary, they reported having found people prepared for combat, with weapons and mobilization for destruction.
January 8 was marked by one of the biggest attacks on democracy — the STF has already convicted 375 defendants for the acts, which resulted in the indictment of 1,682 people involved.
The ceremony at Planalto, in which Moraes also participated, was attended by PT members, STF ministers and commanders of the Armed Forces.
as to Sheet showed, there was an expectation of political emptying, with the greater presence of left-wing parliamentarians, which was confirmed.
The Congress leadership, however, was absent. The presidents of the Chamber, (-AL), and of , (PSD-MG), as well as the possible successors in the positions, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB) and Davi Alcolumbre (União-AP) were missing.
Representatives Zeca Dirceu (-PR) and Lindbergh Faria (PT-RJ) and senators Jaques Wagner (PT-BA) and Eliziane Gama (-MA), among others, were present.
After the event, he participated in an event involving left-wing parties and social movements in Praça dos Três Poderes, with a symbolic embrace of the place. He went down the ramp with the other authorities.
