Another day, another court ruling against an alleged fake streams provider – this time in Brazil, where TurbineDigital is reportedly being decommissioned.

That reported takedown arrives just weeks after a French court ordered hosting companies to boot platforms allegedly dealing in artificial streams. Additionally, it’s one of multiple manipulation-focused rulings to come out of Brazil during 2025, which, as predicted by DMN over the summer, has brought an aggressive campaign against entities allegedly selling fake streams.

Evidently, then, the crackdown isn’t finished: Per the IFPI, São Paulo’s 17th Civil Court determined that TurbineDigital violated the South American nation’s Consumer Protection Act by engaging in “misleading advertising.”

Explaining the latter, Judge Renata Martins de Carvalho in a statement pointed to the “false perception of reality” that fake streams purportedly cause from the consumer’s perspective.

“The practice of ‘fake streaming’ consists of selling services to boost audiences for music and videos on streaming platforms and thus attract buyers/consumers of this service (e.g., likes, followers, shares, etc.) and, under consumer law, constitutes misleading advertising, as it misleads the user/consumer of the social network (consumer) into a false perception of reality or its actual reach,” the judge indicated.

As a result, the same court ordered the “permanent suspension or blocking of the domain” and associated social profiles, besides requiring the defendant entity “to refrain from offering or marketing the streaming manipulation services by any means.”

At the time of writing, it looked as though the initial enforcement process was still underway. While TurbineDigital’s Instagram profile was seemingly down, its YouTube channel, including several years-old videos, was up and running.

So was the company’s actual website – albeit with the conspicuous absence of services involving Spotify or TikTok. Both were still front and center on TurbineDigital’s YouTube description, however.

In any event – and despite the well-documented difficulties of decommissioning fake stream providers altogether – IFPI CEO Victoria Oakley touted the development as “another strong step forward in the global fight against streaming fraud.”

“This ruling is another strong step forward in the global fight against streaming fraud and further recognition that this activity harms consumers,” added Oakley. “Courts in Brazil are sending a clear message that committing fraud through fake streams, likes or followers is illegal and harms the entire music ecosystem.”