Brazil just fired Elon Musk’s X.
On Friday, Brazil’s Supreme Court Already ordered Musk’s social media company X (formerly Twitter) is banned in the country.
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Musk previously had a dispute with Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who had previously ordered X to remove content that spread false news and misinformation. Musk and company classified the judge’s request as “censorship order”.
Musk himself recently attacked the X judge, calling Moraes “evil dictator”.
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Earlier this month, X closure The company, which operates in Brazil, accused the judge of threatening X representative Rachel Nova Conceicao with arrest if the company did not comply with a content removal order.
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Although Company X has withdrawn from Brazil, the platform is still available to users in the country. On Wednesday, Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered X to appoint a legal representative in the country within 24 hours. If not, X shared A statement on Thursday night anticipated a possible ban.
“Soon, we expect Judge Alexandre de Moraes to order the closure of X in Brazil – simply because we will not comply with his illegal orders to censor political opponents,” the statement read.
Losing the user base in Brazil could hurt X. Accounting Targeting tens of millions of monthly active users.
as new york times ReportMany of the accounts ordered suspended by Judge Moraes belong to supporters of Brazil’s former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro. Some of the accounts ordered to be deleted questioned the results of Brazil’s 2022 election, which Bolsonaro lost.
Brazil requires tech companies to have legal representatives in the country to do business there. The country has previously banned platforms such as telegraph 2022, Penalty for Failure to Comply with Local Laws. (Telegram has since resumed operations in Brazil.)
On Thursday, another of Elon Musk’s companies, SpaceX affiliate Starlink, shared Brazil’s Supreme Court froze the company’s finances. Starlink’s statement said the judge did so after determining that Starlink was responsible for Musk X’s fine.
