Bolsonaro faces imprisonment for distributing interviews

"The defendant may not use these means to circumvent the measure, otherwise it may be lifted immediately and he may be ordered to be arrested," several media outlets quoted the judge responsible, Alexandre de Moraes, as saying.

The social media ban applies not only to Bolsonaro's direct posts, but also to the publication or dissemination of interviews on third-party platforms, Moraes clarified. According to the "Metrópoles" portal, Bolsonaro canceled a live interview on Monday to avoid risking a violation.

The accused ex-president has been subject to conditions since Friday last week, including a social media ban, an electronic ankle bracelet and night-time curfews. This was the Supreme Court's response to an assessment by the Public Prosecutor General's Office that there was a risk of flight and intimidation by the authorities. Bolsonaro described the measures taken against him as the "greatest humiliation" and rejected fears that he was planning to flee abroad.

US government revokes entry visa for Brazilian judge

As a result, the US government recently revoked the entry visa for Judge Moraes, his "allies" and their immediate family members. Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticized the US government's decision as "arbitrary and completely baseless" and described the interference in the judiciary of another country as "unacceptable".

US President Donald Trump has backed Bolsonaro several times in recent days - he threatened Brazil with import tariffs of 50 percent from August 1. The right-wing ex-president is on trial for allegedly planning a coup attempt against the government of his successor Lula after his election defeat in 2022. The trial recently entered its final phase with the closing arguments.