Justice determines the suspension of Telegram for not transferring data to the PF

The Justice determined the suspension of the Telegram application in Brazil after the company did not deliver to the Federal Police all data on neo-Nazi groups on the platform. Telephony and app stores should receive a notification this Wednesday (26).

The information was confirmed by the Minister of Justice, Flávio Dino, to journalists this Wednesday (26) in Ceará, where he has an official agenda.

According to the minister, Telegram has ignored requests for measures to combat content that advocates violence and threatens actions in schools. Last week, an ordinance was edited on the subject and already spoke of the possibility of suspending networks that did not comply with the articles.

Last Friday (21), Telegram complied with a court order and provided information about neo-Nazi groups involved in recent cases of violence in schools. However, the information was not enough for the Federal Police.

In addition to the suspension, the application also received a fine of R$ 1 million for not providing complete information about contacts and data of the members and administrators of a group with neo-Nazi content.

According to the Federal Police (PF), the request was made to Instagram after an investigation revealed that a 16-year-old youth, responsible for the death of four people and the injury of 12 others at a school in Espírito Santo, was part of anti-Semitic groups on the app. of messages.

ongoing investigation

The request for data is part of the ongoing investigation by the Federal Police into Nazi and neo-Nazi organizations operating in Brazil, following a determination by Minister Flávio Dino, on April 5.

The decision came shortly after an attack on a daycare center in Blumenau, which resulted in the death of four children and left four others injured. According to police, a 25-year-old man broke into the premises with an ax and attacked the children as they were playing in the school playground. There was speculation that it was an attack orchestrated by some group over the internet, but the police denied the information.