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Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the suspension of messaging app Telegram, following a request from the country's federal police, local news broadcasters TV Globo and CNN Brasil both reported on Friday.

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> The decision comes after the messaging app, which is widely used by Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies, failed to respond to court orders to block certain accounts that had been found to disseminate disinformation, Globo reported.

What is really happening? This is as _ad hominem_ as it can get. Boo! Bolsonaro uses it, so block it. So maybe this is an oversimplification of the real reason. Anyway, I don't get it.

Brazil has some laws about what app's 'are permitted to do'. Whatsapp was blocked more than once, but eventually complied; Telegram didn't.

> The decision comes after the messaging app (...) failed to respond to court orders

They are being blocked for not responding to court orders.

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