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Brazil's Supreme Court lifts suspension of X after Musk backs down

X paid a USD 5.2 million fine

Written by Global Voices Brazil

11 October 2024

What you need to know about the X (formerly Twitter) situation in Brazil

Without a representative in the country, the platform was suspended following a Brazilian Supreme Court ruling

Written by Global Voices Brazil

7 September 2024

On X, Elon Musk pushes a campaign against a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice

Alexandre de Moraes investigates the bolsonarista coup attempt and disinformation

Written by Global Voices Brazil

26 April 2024

In Brazil, since Bolsonaro, attacks on journalists fell while lawsuits against them increased

Data for 2023 were presented by the National Federation of Journalists

Written by Pública - Agência de jornalismo investigativo

Translated by Liam Anderson

3 April 2024

Brazil: Communicators and activists from marginalized communities discuss online harassment and how they protect themselves

Communicators from minority groups are frequently targeted by attacks

Written by Agência Mural

Translated by Liam Anderson

13 October 2023

Australian PM Anthony Albanese adds to growing political pressure to #FreeJulianAssange

Grassroots protests have generated some high-profile support for the Wikileaks founder

Written by Kevin Rennie

12 December 2022

WhatsApp postpones Brazil launch of new Communities feature until after elections

Outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro attempted to pressure the company into launching the update sooner

Written by Laís Martins

9 November 2022

Can citizens of democracies still trust the law? A GV Insights discussion

A summary of our International Day of Democracy webinar

Written by Ameya Nagarajan

11 October 2022

Under Bolsonaro, political attacks gain institutional legitimacy in Brazil

Attacks once restricted to online spaces have begun translating into real-life violence.

Written by Laís Martins

2 October 2022

Brazil's Electoral Court brings platforms closer ahead of presidential elections, but questions over companies’ commitments remain

Eight platforms have signed MoUs with the court

Written by Laís Martins

20 September 2022

LIVE on September 15: Can citizens of democracies still trust the law?

The session will be streamed live on YouTube

Written by Advox

9 September 2022

In Brazil and India we are seeing an increase in tensions between platforms and states

Twitter and Meta in an uneasy relationship with the government

Written by Advox

17 August 2022

Advocacy groups in the Americas focus on tackling rising surveillance technology

Surveillance technology is often sold as the end-all solution to fight crime

Written by IFEX

5 August 2022

Unfreedom Monitor Report: Brazil

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in Brazil

Written by Advox

26 July 2022

Access the Unfreedom Monitor database

The relational database of the Unfreedom Monitor research

Written by Advox

14 July 2022

Brazilian facial recognition ruling can set an important precedent for country-wide use

The lawsuit stems from the suspected commercialization of metro-user data

Written by Laís Martins

20 June 2022

Opacity and a lack of debate mark Brazil's ratification of the Budapest Convention

Digital rights groups criticize Brazil's entry process and warn of risks

Written by Laís Martins

25 March 2022

After writing about police killings, editor of The Intercept Brazil is made target of investigation

Leandro Demori was accused of slander against institutions

Written by Giovana Fleck

11 August 2021

Social media in Latin America: Caught between a rock and a hard place

Latin America has a long history of State censorship

Written by Guest Contributor

18 September 2020

So-called anti-fascist files in Brazil expose the personal information of hundreds of people

Coders created a secure tool to check the list

Written by Giovana Fleck

15 July 2020

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