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Brazil Electoral Court Suspends Digital Campaign of Pro-Bitcoin Candidate Renan Santos
Electoral authorities have halted public funding and barred presidential hopeful Renan Santos from broadcast debates over digital campaign rule violations.
Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE) suspended the digital campaign of presidential candidate Renan Santos on August 31 and froze 3.3 million reais (approximately $640,000) from the Special Campaign Financing Fund. Justice Dias Toffoli issued the decision, barring Santos and vice-presidential running mate Aroldo Medina from radio, television, and podcast debates, while prohibiting paid ads across 16 campaign social media accounts registered after the legal deadline.
Justice Toffoli also instructed online platforms to remove the 16 profiles from algorithmic recommendations or incur hourly fines of 10,000 reais per account. Violations of debate or advertising bans carry penalties of 50,000 reais. The ruling noted that an unregistered account with 2.4 million followers continued to appear in algorithmic recommendation feeds. The decision does not nullify the candidacy itself, permitting street campaigning and the use of Santos's primary registered website and X account.
Santos, running under the Mission Party alongside 57 congressional hopefuls ahead of the October 4 vote, denounced the decision as censorship and indicated his legal team would seek an injunction from TSE President Nunes Marques. Santos had recently campaigned on establishing a national Bitcoin strategic reserve, removing the IOF tax on financial operations, and positioning Rio de Janeiro as a crypto hub.
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