The measure reverses a ruling issued hours earlier by the President of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), Kassio Nunes Marques, at the request of the campaign of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (Liberal Party)—a rival of Lula in the presidential runoff election scheduled for October 25.

  Nunes Marques had justified the suspension by arguing that the channel, coordinated by Congressman Andre Janones, was centrally disseminating content that the court had already deemed false.

  Cueva, the case’s rapporteur, disagreed with that decision, saying that the submitted documents failed to prove that all activity within the digital space was illicit or that less restrictive measures would have been insufficient.

  The magistrate also expressed concern regarding the TSE presidency’s intervention in a matter falling under the jurisdiction of the Inspector General’s office, noting that the total suspension was ordered before the investigative steps to gather evidence had been completed.

  “Preserving freedom of expression and the need to avoid restrictions broader than those strictly justified by available evidence call for an immediate review of the matter by the full bench of this Court,” argued Cueva, as cited by the G1 news portal.

  The Inspector General allowed the channel to resume operations pending the full court’s review of the dispute, but prohibited the reproduction of content already deemed illegal by electoral authorities—specifically material considered manifestly false or grossly taken out of context.

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