Overview

• Facebook took down the community after Brazil’s Attorney General’s Office notified the company on October 9.
• The group counted more than 11,000 members and enabled sales of used bottles often repurposed to repackage adulterated spirits.
• At the AGU’s request, Meta preserved posts, member names, and administrator actions that could support a police investigation.
• The PNDD said the activity violated Facebook’s rules on illegal and counterfeit goods and cited STF interpretations of the Marco Civil on platform responsibility.
• Separately, Senacon ordered ten e-commerce sites, including Shopee, Amazon Brasil, Mercado Livre, Magazine Luiza, Casas Bahia, Americanas, Zé Delivery, Enjoei, and Carrefour, to halt sales of non-collectible seals, caps, labels, and empty bottles.