Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, yesterday criticized the blocking of the social network Facebook so that internet users could send him photos of alleged fuel price irregularities and defended the closure of several newspapers for allegedly spreading false news.
“The right thing is to withdraw from circulation O Globo, Folha de Sao Paulo, Estadao (O Estado), O Antagonista, these are factories of ‘fake news’ (false news), ” said the far-right leader via social networks. from one of his sons, Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro.
According to Bolsonaro, “you have to let the people free, have freedom. If someone extrapolates something, logically there is Justice to appeal.”
“Now Facebook is coming to block me and the population. It’s incredible that this is prevalent in Brazil. And there is no response from the media,” said Bolsonaro, referring to the social network’s blocking of photos on political pages. . and profiles.
Last week, the president asked people to send photos of the tax bills of what they pay for fuel in the United States to deepen investigations into a possible double taxation of the taxes that states and municipalities impose on gasoline, diesel and fuel.
“For the critics, keep calm, you’re always doing something. But the fuels are still there with a highly charged cloud on the horizon and we’re going to solve that problem,” he said.