TSE orders to take down video released by Nikolas and Flávio Bolsonaro in which children criticize Lula

The piece was published on Nikolas' social networks and replicated on the WhatsApp channel of Flávio Bolsonaro (PL), who is running for President with Lula.

g1 verified that the video was removed from deputy Nikolas Ferreira's Instagram and Flávio Bolsonaro's 'Tropa do Flávio' channel on WhatsApp. On the deputy's accounts on the social networks X and Facebook, the publication was still up.

Minister Marco Aurélio Bellizze Oliveira's decision responded to a request from the PT, which stated that the piece leads voters to misinformation, presenting true information in a fragmented way or out of context to induce a misleading conclusion.

According to party lawyers, the content artificially associates Lula with the idea that children lose their childhood because of violence and other social problems.

PT's defense also argued that, by using children, the video enhances the emotional impact of the message and could compromise the dignity of minors.

In the video, published on October 12th, Children's Day, deputy Nikolas Ferreira shows children who, in edited excerpts, criticize the federal government.

One of them says that Lula and Lulinha, the president's son, were responsible for stealing his grandmother's money to buy a bicycle. The criticisms made by children towards the federal government, Lula and the PT still address issues involving the economy, security and fear of the future.

According to the minister's decision, the video "exceeds the reasonable barrier by trying to reach the voter psychologically through the undue approach of negative propaganda for a candidate disseminated massively on the internet, taking advantage of the inappropriate exploitation of childhood innocence."