Facebook owner Meta announced on Monday that it will start to remove and block content that “supports or praises” the Jan. 8. breach of government buildings in Brasília, the capital of Brazil.
Since the outcome of the country’s national election on Oct. 30, 2022, mass protests have been held by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro who doubt the authenticity of the results.
On Jan. 8, a week after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office on Jan. 1, a crowd of protesters engaged in vandalism, flooded government buildings, and destroyed windows of the presidential palace while also smashing furniture in Congress and the Supreme Court….