Tag: Alexandre de Moraes

• Monday, April 8th 2024 - 21:38 UTC

  Musk's social platform to disregard Brazilian Court's orders to suspend users posting alleged fake news?

  

  Business mogul Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has taken on Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes for wanting to censor content spread via the internet. “Why are you demanding so much censorship in Brazil?,” Musk asked the magistrate.

• Saturday, March 30th 2024 - 11:33 UTC

  Datafloha: About 55% of Brazilians think Bolsonaro tried to stage a coup d'état

  

  According to a Datafolha survey released Friday by Folha de S.Paulo, 55% of Brazilians believe former President Jair Bolsonaro wanted to stage a coup d'état whereas 39% of those interviewed thought the retired Army captain never had such intentions. In addition, 7% of respondents were unable to answer that question.

• Monday, March 25th 2024 - 08:58 UTC

  Sitting Congressman and former Rio Police Chief among those arrested for masterminding Marielle Franco's murder

  

  A Congressman and a former Rio de Janeiro police chief were arrested Sunday in addition to a third suspect in connection with the 2018 murder of activist Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes.

• Friday, January 5th 2024 - 10:21 UTC

  Brasilia rioters wanted to kill De Moraes, judge says

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the Jan. 8 rioters who seized the buildings of all three branches of government, wanted to hang him in the process. Those financing the uprising planned to convince the army to join a coup after the invasion of Congress, case rapporteur De Moraes explained in an interview with O Globo.

• Thursday, November 30th 2023 - 10:39 UTC

  Brazil: Does STF's last ruling dent freedom of expression?

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Wednesday issued a ruling opening the door to criminalizing journalistic work, it was reported in Brasilia. As per the new rationale, the media can be held legally responsible for the publication of interviews with people who falsely attribute crimes to third parties and such a doctrine is to be used by lower courts to hold news outlets accountable.

• Friday, September 15th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

  Three Jan. 8 rioters given prison sentences by Brazil's STF

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Thursday handed down prison sentences to three defendants involved in the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia during which the headquarters of the country's three branches of government were ransacked, Agencia Brasil reported

• Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 03:00 UTC

  Former Bolsonaro aide isolated pending ongoing investigations

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes Friday issued a resolution banning Lieutenant-Colonel Cid is currently under arrest for his alleged involvement in the forging of a Covid-19 vaccination card in the name of Bolsonarofrom having any contact with former President Jair Bolsonaro and former First Lady Michelle in addition to his own wife Gabriela, it was reported in Brasilia.

• Wednesday, June 28th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

  Brazil: Bolsonaro 1-0 down at TSE trial

  

  Case rapporteur Benedito Gonçalves Tuesday voted in favor of convicting former President Jair Bolsonaro in the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) trial for abuse of political power and undue use of the media, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Thursday, June 1st 2023 - 10:27 UTC

  Former Brazilian President Collor sentenced to nearly 9 years for corruption

  

  Former Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Melo was sentenced by the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to 8 years and 10 months in jail Tuesday for having received some US$4 million to “irregularly facilitate contracts” between a construction company and a Petrobras subsidiary.

• Monday, May 15th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

  Google and Telegram CEOs under investigation in Brazil

  

  Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes Friday launched an investigation against the heads of Google and Telegram in the country for the alleged disinformation campaign and attacks launched against the so-called fake news bill.