The official account of Portugal Far-Right Chega (supported at the last elections by almost 1.2 million voters) has been “restricted” for 10 years for “not respecting community standards”.
Party leader André Ventura considers this to be “political censorship” and will take the case to Parliament and the courts.
This is the message sent by Meta to CHEGA’s official Facebook account and confirmed by national news sources.
A party source informed Observador online that posting videos, images, or direct messages on the official account is now impossible.
Says the online: “When questioned by Observador, André Ventura confirmed that the case has already been reported to Facebook, but went further and revealed that CHEGA will “take the matter to Parliament and all the judicial bodies until Facebook is condemned.
“This is undoubtedly political censorship. There is no other justification,” he said.
The party statement deems the decision “absolutely incomprehensible” and condemns it as unprecedented political persecution in Portugal.
“Several times Meta has tried to interfere in the freedom of expression that is granted to any political party, but this time it has gone too far,” reads the statement, which adds that the decision is “clearly illegal and inadmissibly limits the political activity of a political party“.
Despite Meta’s reference to various publications, according to another party source, the last mentioned relates to the gypsy community.
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