Brazilian court lifts nationwide Telegram ban put in place over data demand
, judge Flávio Lucas ruled a complete suspension of the messaging app was “not reasonable” given that thousands of people in Brazil who rely on the platform for their communication needs. At the same time, he upheld the daily $200,000 fine on Telegram for failing to provide local authorities with the data they requested.
The original ban came on Wednesday after a federal court instructed Apple and Google to temporarily remove the service from their domestic app stores. Brazilian authorities sought the suspension after Telegram failed to hand over a full set of data on a pair of neo-Nazi groups on the app accused of inciting violence against schools., a teenager accused of committing two school shootings in November, which left three dead and 13 people injured, was involved with the two groups.
This isn’t the first time Telegram has been briefly banned in Brazil. In 2022, the country’s highest court
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