TSE orders Flávio to remove video associating pro-Lula rally with drug use
Minister points to "grave manipulation" and orders Flávio and allies to remove videos associating a pro-Lula rally in SP with drug users in Chile.
TL;DR
- TSE Minister Marco Aurélio Bellizze ordered the removal of social media posts falsely linking a PT rally to drug use.
- The posts used an image recorded in Chile, published before the rally, to associate participants with drug use.
- Bellizze described the act as "grave manipulation by decontextualization" and a misuse of pre-existing images for electoral purposes.
- Meta (Instagram, Facebook) and X were ordered to remove specific URLs.
- The TSE rejected requests to block entire profiles or prohibit future publications, emphasizing the difference between fake news and legitimate criticism.
- The decision will be reviewed by the full TSE panel.