BRASILIA, Jan 21 ― Brazil's top electoral authority, the TSE, is considering whether to ban the messaging app Telegram during the run-up to October elections because it has not responded to requests to help combat the spread of misinformation.
The head of the TSE electoral court, Luis Roberto Barroso, has sought since mid-December to meet with Telegram executive director and founder Pavel Durov to discuss ways to combat the spread of false information. Barroso noted that the TSE has already entered into partnerships with almost all the main social media platforms to curb fake news and the spread of conspiracy theories about the legitimacy of Brazil's electoral system.
The country's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has 1 million subscribers on Telegram. The president's allies turned to the app after other platforms, such as Meta Platforms Inc's WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, removed some of his postings.
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