Online behaviour of the government-backed groups varies widely, from commenting on Facebook and Twitter posts, to targeting people individually.
RIO DE JANEIRO: The judge overseeing the probe that led to the arrest last week of suspected Islamist militants in Brazil said Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc co-operated with investigators by providing information about the suspects' use of both social networks.
In an interview late July 24 with Fantastico, a weekly news programme on the Globo television network, Judge Marcos Josegrei da Silva said cooperation by both companies, after a judicial order tied to the investigation, was instrumental to understand the nature of discussions carried out by the suspects, a 12th of whom was detained late Sunday.
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