Judge Alexandre de Moraes had ordered X to block certain accounts as he investigated fake news and hate messagesElon Musk announced on Saturday that the social media platform X would close its operations in Brazil “effective immediately” due to what it called “censorship orders” from the Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes.X claims Moraes secretly threatened one of its legal representatives in the South American country with arrest if it did not comply with legal orders to take down some content from its platform. Brazil’s supreme court, where Moraes has a seat, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-08-17 17:00:36
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Elon Musk says X will pull operations from Brazil after ‘censorship orders’
