Twitter blocks Bolsonaro posts as he visits market to campaign against isolation

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters


By Anthony Boadle and Lisandra Paraguassu
March 30, 2020 — 12.54pm

Brasilia: Jair Bolsonaro's campaign to keep people working and the economy going has hit two new hurdles.

Twitter on Sunday, Brasilia time, blocked two posts from the Brazilian President for violating its COVID-19 rules.

The rules require people to remove tweets that include, among others: "denial of global or local health authority recommendations to decrease someone’s likelihood of exposure to [the disease] with the intent to influence people into acting against recommended guidance, such as: 'social distancing is not effective'..."; as well as "description of treatments or protective measures which are not immediately harmful but are known to be ineffective."

Bolsonaro's tweets followed his visit to a street market just outside the national capital on Sunday to push his case for keeping Latin America's largest economy ticking instead of locking down activities to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

Read more: https://www.smh.com.au/world/south-america/twitter-blocks-bolsonaro-posts-as-he-visits-market-to-campaign-against-isolation-20200330-p54f90.html

[sandensea]

1. Today he pointed at the correspondents nearby, and yelled:

"These journalists say I'm wrong - but look at them!"

"What the fuck are they doing there! Why aren't they at home!"

An Evangelist fanatic, a woman in her 60s, then held her hand over his head and offered him a blessing.

They don't call him the Tropical Trump for nothin'.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. And Twitter won't block rump? Why not?!! Something is wrong here...

Twitter, pls. explain yourself.

[C Moon]

3. I wonder if Putin was behind his election, as well.

[rpannier]

4. The guy was a nothing during the election until the crazy person stabbed him

Then he was the symbol of Brazilians angry at crime

[C Moon]

7. Ah. I see. Thanks!

[la-trucker]

5. Why wouldn't twitter ban trump?

100% of trumps tweets are vile, vindictive, self promoting or gaslighting

[Polybius]

8. Probably revenue

He makes them a lot of money by making them grow.

[AllaN01Bear]

6. if they can block this guy, why cant they block the idiot in chief?

they say its offical and its the only comm he has , well whah.