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Facebook Removes Brazilian President's Network Before Election

Original: RE: https:// mastodon.social/@campuscodi/11 7353868814624656 This is an act of war. Facebook, has taken the Brazilian Pr

Facebook has taken down accounts linked to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's network days before the country's presidential election. A cybersecurity commentator described the move as 'an act of war' and a foreign subversion of a sovereign state, a framing that sparked debate online about whether platform moderation of political accounts before an election oversteps into interference.

Why now: The removal of a sitting president's accounts days before Brazil's election raised accusations of political interference and foreign subversion.

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• RE: https:// mastodon.social/@campuscodi/11 7353868814624656 This is an act of war. Facebook, has taken the Brazilian President off the internet in the days before the Brazilian election. An Act of War. A foreign subversion of a sovereign state. No idea what a proportional… · kevinrns@mstdn.social · 151

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