After pressure from Carluxo, Banco do Brasil backtracks and returns to advertising on a fake news website.
After a complaint from councilman Carlos Bolsonaro, the president's son, Banco do Brasil reversed its decision and reinstated advertising on a website accused of spreading fake news. Carlos had previously stated that it was censorship against "alternative media."
247 Following Carluxo's protests, Banco do Brasil decided against removing its advertising from a website accused of spreading fake news in favor of the Bolsonaro government. Banco do Brasil reported that it has reinstated the funding.
A report from the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper. It emphasizes that "the technical area, which includes General Mourão's son, Antônio Mourão, considered the veto of the site for producing false content to be excessive."
The article also states that "the bank's president, Rubem Novaes, defended the unfreezing of the funds."