2024-08-18 09:48:52
The owner of X (formerly Twitter) said he was forced to make the decision after a standoff with a Brazilian Supreme Court judge.
X owner Elon Musk announced on Saturday that the social network’s Brazilian offices will be closed amid a standoff between the billionaire and a Brazilian Supreme Court judge.X had no choice but to close its local operations in Brazil», wrote Elon Musk. “Brazilians can still use X servicesAnother publication of the company said. The organization said it was forced to make this decision in order to “Protect safety» Its field staff.
Elon Musk assured that Judge Alexandre de Moraes “Threatened to arrest our legal representatives in Brazil» If you do not comply with the social network’s decisioncondemn» Designed to block certain content. “The decision to close X’s Brazilian office was difficult”, said Elon Musk.But if we accept Alexandre de Morais’s demands for covert (illegal) censorship and transfer of private information, we cannot shamelessly explain our actions.. »
X’s “pathetic attitude”
Joao Brant, the Brazilian government’s digital policy secretary, criticized thePathetic attitude» Author: X. According to him, social networks have given rise to “May be upgraded, may lead to platform blocking». Alexandre de Moraes«It’s a righteous shame” wait”Must leave” said Elon Musk. The billionaire has in the past described the magistrate as “dictator».
In recent years, judges have ordered the blocking of accounts of influential figures in Brazil’s ultra-conservative movement in the name of fighting disinformation. In particular, during the elections won by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, an admirer of Elon Musk, tried to discredit the electronic voting system. In April, X admitted that users of several blocked accounts had successfully circumvented the restrictions.
«Despite our numerous and unheard-of appeals to the Supreme Court, the Brazilian public was kept in the dark about these rulings, and our Brazilian employees had no responsibility or control over the content that was blocked on our platform.», Judge Moraes«Choose to threaten our employees in Brazil instead of respecting the law and its procedures“, the social network announced on Saturday.
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