I sued a congressman supporter of Brazil’s fascist president Jair Bolsonaro… and I won!

Last year, state congressman Douglas Garcia, one of the main allies of Brazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, asked his followers on Twitter to send him the data of anti-fascist activists (in short, any activist opposed to his president’s government). On June 2, Garcia proudly posted a video on his Twitter with (blurry) images of the list he would have compiled with data from hundreds of so-called antifascists or “antifas”.

On June 4, another video of the congressman holding what seems to be hundreds of pages of paper announcing that he would make police reports against the “antifas” on the list — which would then be handed over to the Federal Police. He again asked his followers to send him names of dangerous “terrorists”. The videos can be removed from Twitter at any time after a decision by Judge Ana Paula Furlan, of the São Paulo Court of Justice, who, on September 14, considered that they could cause irreparable damage to those who had their data disclosed.

The 999-page list and the names of hundreds of activists and journalists ended up circulating through WhatsApp groups, putting the lives of those who had their data (such as address and phone number) leaked at risk. On the same fateful June 4th, Garcia went on Twitter again to deny that he had any…