Leading conservative newspaper speaks of unprecedented threat to freedom of expression in Brazil

Brazil is experiencing an unprecedented assault on freedom of expression, with censorship, misleading statements, content removal, and intimidation commonplace, writes Gazeta do Povo, one of Brazil's leading conservative newspapers, in its latest editorial.

Now, prosecutors in São Paulo are taking a further step by seeking to revoke telecommunications concessions—an action reminiscent of the military dictatorship, Gazeta says.

The target is . . .