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Brazil's top court threatens to suspend X (formerly Twitter) by Thursday night if Elon Musk does not comply with regulations

Posted by Kuromantis
Tags: social media, brazil, business, x, law, courts.supreme, judges, alexandre de moraes, elon musk, regulation, censorship, source.reuters, short read
https://www.reuters.com/technology/brazilian-court-suspend-x-brazil-if-musk-does-not-name-new-country-2024-08-28/

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Published
Aug 29 2024
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5 comments

  1. paris
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    …Whose constitution exactly, Elon?

    Musk has called the Moraes' decisions regarding X "unconstitutional".

    …Whose constitution exactly, Elon?

    18 votes
  2. Kuromantis
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    BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, Aug 29 (Reuters) - A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday ordered billionaire Elon Musk to name a legal representative for his messaging platform X in Brazil within 24 hours or face the site's suspension in the country.

    The Supreme Court posted a screenshot of Wednesday's court decision on its X account, tagging Musk's and X's Global Government Affairs accounts.

    Hours after the judge's decision, Musk said on X that Moraes "has repeatedly broken the laws he has sworn to uphold".

    Earlier this month, X announced it would close its operations and fire its staff in Brazil due to what it called "censorship orders" from the judge, Alexandre de Moraes. Its service would remain available for users in Brazil, it said.

    Earlier this year, Moraes ordered X to block certain accounts implicated on investigations of so-called "digital militias" that have been accused of spreading fake news and hate messages during the government of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro.

    14 votes
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    paris
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    (Translation courtesy of my phone; bolding reflected in the original source, here.

    Faced with the lack of a legal representative of the social network X in Brazil, the minister of the Supreme Court (STF) Alexandre de Moraes blocked accounts of the company Starlink Holding, which also belongs to billionaire Elon Musk - which provoked a new reaction on the part of the businessman.

    (Translation courtesy of my phone; bolding reflected in the original source, here.

    7 votes
    1. shiruken
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      This is the exact kind of pressure people were worried about Elon becoming susceptible to with his acquisition of Twitter. Whether [x] is "suppress this dissident" or "comply with this law" it...

      This is the exact kind of pressure people were worried about Elon becoming susceptible to with his acquisition of Twitter.

      Do [x] or we'll ban Tesla/SpaceX/Starlink/Neuralink/etc

      Whether [x] is "suppress this dissident" or "comply with this law" it puts him into a position where he has to choose between his self-professed "free speech maximalist" views and the success of his other business ventures.

      9 votes
  4. crdpa
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    I hope it's banned for life. There is nothing but extreme right wing bullshit there.

    I hope it's banned for life.

    There is nothing but extreme right wing bullshit there.

    7 votes