Rumble appeals Moraes decision that blocked Monark channels

the video platform rumblewhich hosts the podcast monarch talks, appealed against the decision of Minister Alexandre de Moraes, president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), who last Thursday (15) ordered the blocking of all digital channels of the influencer Monark and prohibited him from creating new profiles. The determination took place after the broadcast of an episode of the podcast, with the participation of federal deputy Filipe Barros (PL-PR), in which the presenter criticized the authoritarian stance of Moraes and the TSE even after the end of the electoral period.

In reaction, the rumble, which maintains a solid position in defense of freedom of expression, told the court that it had deactivated the old podcast address on the platform, which Moraes pointed out in his decision (the podcast is now available at this link on the video site), but stressed which considers the blocking order unconstitutional. The company also asked the minister that, instead of excluding all of the influencer’s content, specific content to be taken down or a strict deadline be determined for the videos to be off the air.

“Although the decision has been fulfilled, RUMBLE respectfully understands, with due respect, that the inactivation of the URL violates constitutional provisions and the infraconstitutional legislation itself, considering the possibility of characterizing censorship of legal content existing in the dozens of videos posted by the user , and also prior censorship of future legal content, not necessarily linked to the object of the ongoing investigation”, says the company.

“It should be noted, in this regard, that Rumble does not intend, with this resource, to endorse or even defend any type of content or conduct of a certain user, but only to see the right to freedom of expression protected, the prohibition of censorship and the constitutional and legal limits and the duty to properly justify judicial decisions”, he continues.