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Brazil’s Supreme Court attacks online “Cabinet of Hate”

How far can organized bloggers go in inciting civil disorder?
The investigation originated by Brazil’s Supreme Court is targeting not the right to free speech of a simple group – but a complex, high-penetration operation, permanently campaigning on social media, possibly using public funds: a new phenomenon, offering danger to people and democratic institutions.
Ideally it would have been originated by Congress, or the Federal Police itself. But it came from the constitutional court: one more unprecedented, and disturbing, ingredient.
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