“Restricting access to a major social media platform in this manner for several weeks (referring to the restriction of X in Brazil in 2024) is unprecedented among democratic nations.

The censorship of a group of users went beyond what could be considered reasonable restrictions on free speech, especially in the middle of an electoral campaign. Criminalizing certain speech based on vague definitions is an example of the politicization of the judiciary,” states a passage from the report that led to Brazil’s six-position drop in The Economist’s Democracy Index ranking.