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by Qem 660 days ago
It was not mere "tweets that didn’t align to their ideology". There was a coup attempt in Brazil, first through attempts to discredit elections and intimidation/obstruction of voters on election day. Some Borsonaro radicalized followers even attempted to blast a fuel truck in the Brasília airport:

https://g1.globo.com/fantastico/noticia/2023/01/15/exclusivo...

It culminated in the January 8 violent coup attempt. The ringleaders coordinated through social media too. The order came after Twitter obstructed justice by refusing to cooperate with the investigations on the ringleaders of the coup attempt, and when fined for it, refused to pay, closing its offices.