"They are not good people. They are criminals," says Barroso about the authors of fake news.
"These are militias, gangs that need to be neutralized, and we are doing everything possible to confront them within the law," stated the Supreme Court Justice and President of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), Luís Roberto Barroso.
247 - The president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), Minister Luís Roberto Barroso, stated that the authors of fake news and hate campaigns on social media "are criminals."
The statement was made during a live broadcast, at the opening of the 1st International Congress of Party Law held this Friday (24), the same day that the Minister of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Alexandre de Moraes, determined that accounts belonging to Bolsonaro supporters investigated in the fake news inquiry were banned from Twitter, .
"Democracy has room for conservatives, liberals, and progressives. It just doesn't have room for intolerance, violence, and attempts to destroy institutions. When that happens, the institutions of good must act. I repeat, these are not good people. They are bandits," said the minister, according to a report by [source name missing]. Sheet.
Barroso did not specifically mention the investigation, but defended the actions of institutions in combating the spread of fake news.
"Only they (the institutions) have the capacity to control disinformation campaigns, hate campaigns, without actually controlling the content," he stated.
He adds: "These are militias, gangs that need to be neutralized, and we are doing everything possible to confront them within the law."