The situation has been brewing for around half a decade now. Basically the supreme court gave itself limitless powers to investigate and judge "fake news". Thei

The situation has been brewing for around half a decade now. Basically the supreme court gave itself limitless powers to investigate and judge "fake news". Their powers have only expanded since then. Before the elections they started engaging in blatantly unconstitutional behavior like political censorship. They don't seem to be slowing down. These are great comments from fellow brazilian HNers, I always point to them whenever context is needed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39966382 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39966382 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36543423 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36543423 I also submitted this bit of news here on HN back in 2022: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/world/americas/brazil-online-content-misinformation.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/world/americas/brazil-onl...