Overview
- A regional electoral court in Alagoas ordered the reactivation of Renan Filho’s Instagram after finding a full 24‑hour suspension was disproportionate, but the court kept a ban on republishing the disputed video.
- Pernambuco’s electoral court had suspended journalist Ricardo Antunes’ Instagram after his report questioned a family link between an electoral judge and a politician tied to a major campaign, and the profile remains offline beyond the court’s stated 48‑hour limit.
- Antunes’ legal team has asked TRE‑PE to force Meta/Instagram to fully restore his account, seek recovery of posts and messages, and impose daily fines of R$100,000 if the platform does not comply.
- Press groups including Fenaj and Sinjope condemned the suspension of Antunes’ account as disproportionate and warned that broad profile blocks threaten journalistic work during the campaign period.
- The cases show courts are splitting on remedies: some judges prefer targeted content removal while others have ordered full account bans, a divergence that puts platforms in the middle and risks more rapid legal fights as the election approaches.