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by NomDePlum 654 days ago
Things deemed illegal or not compliant by a jurisdictional entity often have negative consequences for others.

Most legal judgements are blunt swords.

Fairness is seldom considered.

I'm not agreeing with the outcomes here. Just pointing out laws get enforced, if they don't they aren't laws.

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There is no "fake news" law. One was proposed and rejected by our representatives. Then the judge-king published a resolution of sorts which basically rammed the law through anyway.

Brazilian constitution says:

> Any and all censorship of political, ideological and artistic nature is prohibited

What he's doing is censorship, plain and simple. And it's unconstitutional.