Minister of Justice and Public Security, Flávio Dino, during a hearing at the CCJ of the Chamber of Deputies.| Photo: Lula Marques/Agência Brasil

The Minister of Justice and Public Security, Flávio Dino, said this Sunday (9) that he had asked to suspend 161 Twitter accounts “because of hashtags related to attacks against schools”. The request came from Operation Safe School, initiated after the attacks on educational institutions in 2023.

Also on Saturday (8), Dino announced that the operation led to the seizure of 7 weapons, in addition to the arrest of a suspect. The ministry also requested the deletion of 270 Twitter profiles that “carried hashtags related to attacks against schools”. He said that the authors of the publications are investigated. That day, two other requests for account suspension were made to TikTok, for viralizing “content that incited fear in families”.

A day care center was the target of an attack last Wednesday morning (5) in Blumenau, in the Itajaí Valley, in Santa Catarina. In all, four children died at the Cantinho Bom Pastor day care center, and four people were injured.

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