Fux overturns Dino's decision and suspends posts involving Flávio and Our Lady of Aparecida
The minister determined that the order should be judged in the Court's plenary session.
TL;DR
- Justice Luiz Fux suspended Minister Flávio Dino's decision to remove content linking Flávio Bolsonaro to the alleged intent to remove Our Lady of Aparecida's patron saint status.
- Fux reinstated the order from Vice President André Mendonça of the Superior Electoral Court and submitted the case to the Court's plenary session.
- The decision came after a petition from humorist Antonio Tabet, who was targeted by the PL party for a satirical post.
- Platforms X, Meta, ByteDance, and Google are ordered to cease new executions of Dino's decision and restore prior compliance within 24 hours.
- The controversy involves a 2007 bill, now archived, that aimed to revoke Our Lady of Aparecida's title as Patroness of Brazil.