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R-Rp n° 1825-24.2010.6.00.0000/DF 19 EXTRATO DA ATA R-Rp n° 1825-24.2010.6.00.0000/DF. Relator: Ministro Aldir Passarinho Junior. Recorrente: Antonio Pedro de Siqueira índio da Costa (Advogados: Arnaldo Malheiros e outros). Recorrido: Ministério Público Eleitoral. Decisão: Após o voto do Ministro Aldir Passarinho Junior negando provimento ao recurso e os votos da Ministra Cármen Lúcia e do Ministro Dias Toifoli provendo o recurso, antecipou pedido de vista o Ministro Marcelo Ribeiro. Presidência do Ministro Ricardo Lewandowski. Presentes as Ministra Cármen Lúcia, os Ministros Dias Toifoli, Aldir Passarinho Junior, Hamilton Carvalhido, Marcelo Ribeiro e Arnaldo Versiani, e a Vice-Procuradora-Geral Eleitoral, Sandra Cureau, SESSÃO DE 17.3.2011.

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Antonio Pedro de Siqueira Indio da Costa v. Public Electoral Ministry (No. 1825-24.2010.6.00.0000)

Judgment

Question Presented: Whether tweets announcing candidacy before the election period violate the Election Law because it is a publicly accessible platform.

Alleged Acts: Prior to the announced campaigning period a candidate for public office sought to disclose on twitter the candidacy for President and Vice -President.

Procedural history: The lower court determined that the Vice-Presidential candidate carried out election propaganda prior to the campaign period on Twitter and sentenced him to a 5,000 reais fine.

Summary: Although the defendants argued that the content only reaches a limited group of individuals, the court determined that the audience was not limited because any individual may access the internet and/or website. Further, the court was persuaded by the fact that candidate had not chosen to utilize a private account, thus opening up the accessibility to all individuals. The court determined that twitter was under the means of communication that may not take place prior to the allotted electoral campaign period and the candidate posting two days before that period violated the law and legislative intent.

Conclusion: The court found that the twitter post constituted illegal electoral propaganda, upholding the fine and dismissing the appeal.

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Social Media

Region: Americas

Country: Brazil

Language of Decision

Portuguese

Court: Electoral Court

Election Type: Presidential

Date of decision: Jun 4, 2010

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Latitude: -15.80594156

Longitude: -47.91422783

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