Overview
- On Sunday, June 7, 2026, STF minister Flávio Dino partially reformed a TRE‑AM injunction by ordering the contested videos by Manaus councillor Alexandre Salazar to remain removed while annulling a blanket ban on the slogan "nunca será".
- Dino found the March posts crossed from political critique into negative early electoral propaganda because they referenced the race for Amazonas governor and used repeated offensive language that exceeded protected debate.
- The court cancelled TRE‑AM’s fine and prospective prohibition on the slogan as an unconstitutional prior restraint but kept the obligation to delete content that is expressly offensive or illicit under electoral law.
- Dino said coarse or repeated vulgar expressions are not covered by parliamentary immunity or free debate and linked the spread of such speech to real risks for respectful pluralism and the functioning of democracy.
- The decision relies on established STF precedent against prior censorship (ADPF 130 and ADI 4.451) and signals that future slogan use will be judged by context rather than by broad, preemptive bans.