Post-X Ban, Beware the Brazilian Model of Institutional Mistrust

As democracies grapple with misinformation, Brazil's hardline approach is seen by some as a potential model. The country has taken extreme measures to police online discourse - recently banning X (formerly Twitter) and fining citizens using VPNs to access it. These moves highlight its boldness but also underscore the dangers of empowering the state to treat mistrust as merely a crisis of information.