On August 30, 2024, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the blocking of X (formerly Twitter) in Brazil after the company failed to respond to several judicial orders involving content removal in Brazil.
In March 2022, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the blocking of the Telegram app across Brazil for failing to comply with various court orders, including the provision of user data and the removal of channels and content. However, after the company responded, the decision was reversed by the Justice, and the blocking was not implemented.
In October 2016, a judge from Joinville determined the temporary suspension of the facebook.com domain due to failure to comply with a court order requesting the removal of content in the midst of Elections period. The infringing content was a page that made fun of a mayoral candidate from Joinville. This was the second decision of this nature against Facebook, but it never got to be implemented.
In July 2016, a judge from Duque de Caxias determined the nationwide block of WhatsApp for noncompliance with wiretap orders. This was the fourth blocking decision affecting the application and the third to be implemented. The block lasted about 4 hours.
In April 2015, a judge from Lagarto determined the nationwide block of WhatsApp for noncompliance with wiretap orders. This was the third blocking decision affecting the application and the second to be implemented. The block lasted more than 24 hours.
In December 2015, a judge from São Bernardo do Campo determined the nationwide suspension of WhatsApp for noncompliance with judicial requests for user data. This was the second blocking decision affecting the application, but the first to be implemented. The block lasted almost 12 hours.
In July 2015, a federal judge in Rio Grande do Norte determined the block of “Tudo sobre Todos”, a website that published and commercialized personal data of Brazilian citizens. According to the judge, there is violation of legal provisions that protect privacy and personal data (the Federal Constitution, the Civil Marco Internet and the law of Positive Credit).
In April 2015, a judge from São Paulo determined that the Uber app be removed from application stores and be remotely deleted from user devices, granting a request of the trade union of São Paulo taxi drivers. The company Uber was allegedly providing an illegal service. The order was issued, but was not implemented.
In February 2015, a judge in Teresina determined the nationwide suspension of WhatsApp for noncompliance with judicial requests for user data. This was the first blocking decision affecting the application, but never got to be executed.
In August 2014, a judge from Vitória determined that the apps Secret and Cryptic be removed from application stores and be remotely deleted from users devices, for violating the constitutional prohibition of anonymity. The order was taken and implemented by Apple, but challenged by Google and Microsoft. The implementation of the decision varied according to the position adopted by each company.
In December 2013, a judge from Belo Horizonte preemptively banned the provision of the app Tubby, which would allow men to rate the sexual performance of women and was allegedly soon to be released. The block has never been implemented, because the app has never been created.
In August 2012, a judge from Florianópolis determined the temporary suspension of Facebook due to failure to comply with a court order requesting the removal of content in the midst of Elections period. The infringing content was a page that allegedly contained "derogatory material" to a councilor of Joinville. This was the first decision of this nature against Facebook, but the block was never executed.
In January 2007, Youtube was temporarily blocked due to an ambiguous injunction issued by a judge from São Paulo, who determined access to certain videos with intimate content of a Brazilian celebrity with her boyfriend be blocked.
