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On a flight from Washington today, I unexpectedly met Flávia Magalhães—an American citizen who became one of the many U.S. victims of Alexandre de Moraes’s tyrannical censorship campaign in Brazil. Flávia, who has never been charged or convicted of any crime in the U.S. or Brazil, other than her speech posted on Voante, recently lost her job after her employer learned that she had an arrest warrant against her. Moraes issued the warrant for the “crime” of posting political content critical of the STF and Moraes from her home in Florida. She also hasn’t been able to return to Brazil or see her family since. Her story was featured in @rumblevideo’s lawsuit against Moraes in U.S. federal court as one of the many Americans that have fallen victim to Moraes unlawful conduct targeting speech on U.S. soil. Flávia’s story is a chilling reminder of how far Moraes has gone not only targeting Brazilians, but illegally punishing Americans, on U.S. soil, for constitutionally protected speech. We will continue fighting to protect digital sovereignty and defend freedom of expression.