Musk-owned X has announced that it’s stopping operations in Brazil, though its service will remain available to users nationwide. As per the post by the X’ Global Government Affairs, last night Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes threatened X’ legal representative in Brazil with arrest. The post said he wanted the platform to comply with his censorship orders. The post reads “ Last night, Alexandre de Moraes threatened our legal representative in Brazil with arrest if we do not comply with his censorship orders. He did so in a secret order, which we share here to expose his actions”.
Last night, Alexandre de Moraes threatened our legal representative in Brazil with arrest if we do not comply with his censorship orders. He did so in a secret order, which we share here to expose his actions.
Despite our numerous appeals to the Supreme Court not being heard,… https://t.co/Pm2ovyydhE
— Global Government Affairs (@GlobalAffairs) August 17, 2024
In an earlier post, the company shared the official document from the Supreme Court of Brazil that demanded the censorship of popular Brazilian accounts, including a pastor, a current parliamentarian, and the wife of a former parliamentarian.
Musk’s X even agreed once to obey the order, though things have taken a wild turn. The recent post by X further wrote “Moraes has chosen to threaten our staff in Brazil rather than respect the law or due process. As a result, to protect the safety of our staff, we have decided to close our operation in Brazil, effective immediately.”
