Minister Paulo de Tarso Sanseverino, who set a daily fine of 50,000 reais (about 10,000 dollars) for non-compliance to TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and Gettr, adopted the decision.
The TSE judge also ordered TikTok to provide cadastral data to identify the man who released a video self-defining himself as a follower of alleged Satanic ideologies to try to link the presidential candidate of the Workers’ Party (PT) to this kind of trend.
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of ultra-right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, and supporters of the former military officer shared this fake video.
The decision to remove the videos was taken through analysis of representation shown by the Brazil of Hope coalition, of the presidential ticket of Lula-governor Gerardo Alckmin, against Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, federal lawmaker Carla Zambelli and Leandro Ruschell.
The Intelligence Research and Strategic Consulting Institute (IPEC) indicates in its study, published on Wednesday, that the PT candidate has 51 percent in the runoff vote and Bolsonaro, who is seeking reelection for the Liberal Party, has 43 percent.
None of the candidates for Brazil’s presidency achieved an absolute majority of votes in the first round, that is, more than half of the valid votes (excluding blank and null votes) as the Brazilian legislation to be elected establishes.
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