nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220326-001122-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220325s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220326-001122-0 doi eng 342 23 Levy Silvério dos Reis, Ulisses Author aut Brazilian Judicial Branch v. Telegram (and Bolsonaro) - How National Judicial Bodies Get on Top of the Rebel Social Media Platform Levy Silvério dos Reis, Ulisses Verfassungsblog 2022-03-25 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On March 18, 2022, the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes suspended Telegram’s functioning in Brazil through an individual injunction. In brief, the platform was blocked because its owners ignored their duty to cooperate with the Brazilian state in the repression of the illicit activities committed over the platform. However, only analyzing the issue’s core misses one of its essential surrounding elements: the direct interest of President Jair Bolsonaro in the free operation of the platform and the growing antagonism between him and Justice Alexandre de Moraes. CC BY-SA 4.0 Bolsonaro Brazilian Supreme Court Social Media Telegram Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/brazilian-judicial-branch-versus-telegram-and-bolsonaro/ raw object