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During the Brazilian 2012 local electoral season, Sao Polo citizen Daniel Fraga uploaded a video to Youtube that criticized a candidate running for mayor in Sao Jose dos Campos.
The video expresses Fraga's criticisms of the candidate for requesting the judiciary to mandate the removal of negative internet memes about his campaign from Facebook.
Undeterred, Fraga continued to record videos detailing the situation, resulting in the judge suing him and requesting financial compensation for 'moral damage'.
Fraga refused to back down, recording further videos covering the topic and encouraging his followers to share the story across social media.
In order to evade the quickly mounting fines, Fraga turned his entire personal wealth into bitcoin which was outside of Brazilian juridical classification.
In 2014, Fraga was sued by a state representative from Rio de Janeiro seeking to prevent Fraga from producing videos, and again requesting financial remuneration as damages.
Fraga's story highlights the disruptive potential of cryptocurrency when it exists outside of a state's regulatory apparatus.
