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Reclaim The Net

Meta has launched a legal challenge against a ruling by controversial Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who compelled the tech giant to disclose data tied to the Instagram account of journalist Allan dos Santos. Though raising objections to the judge’s rationale, Meta affirmed it would still comply — at least for now.

Santos has been in exile after Brazil’s high court issued a warrant for his arrest in the so-called “fake news” investigation which targeted online supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro.