The biggest game of the day was between Team X and Team Brazil.
X, formerly known as Twitter, said on Saturday it would shut down its operations in Brazil “immediately” due to a “censorship order” from Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes. According to the “censorship order” documents that .
“Last night, Alexandre de Moraes threatened our legal representatives in Brazil that he would arrest us if we did not comply with his censorship orders. He did so in a secret order, which we share here The order is to expose his conduct,” X said in a statement released to . the website. “De Morais chose to threaten despite the fact that our multiple appeals to the Supreme Court were not heard, the Brazilian public was not informed of these orders, and our Brazilian employees had no responsibility or control over whether content on our platform was blocked. Our employees in Brazil do not respect the law or due process.
X decided to close operations in Brazil, but the social media site remains available to users in the country. Mashable has not verified the validity of the documents shared by X, and Brazil’s Supreme Court declined to confirm or deny their authenticity to Reuters.
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“We are deeply saddened that we have been forced to make this decision. The responsibility rests squarely with Alexandre de Morais,” the post continued. “His actions are incompatible with democratic government. The Brazilian people have a choice – democracy or Alexandre de Moraes.”
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Alongside the statement, X also posted a photo of a document purportedly sent to X by de Moraes, which stated that if fine. Additionally, X represents Rachel Nova Conceicao, who may face arrest, according to the document.
This fight — especially between X owners Elon Musk and de Moraes — is not new. According to Engadget, Musk said in April that he would not comply with Brazil’s order to block certain accounts, which led DeMorais to open an obstruction of justice investigation against Musk. X changed his mind and later said he would comply with Brazil’s order.
Meanwhile, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee claims Brazil is trying to force X to censor hundreds of accounts, including those of former Brazilian President Jair Mesias Bolsonaro, current Brazilian Senator Marcos Doval and Brazilian journalist Xiao Account of Paulo Figueiredo.
