Brazil’s top court threatens to ban Elon Musk’s X
Brazil’s top court has threatened to ban X unless its billionaire owner Elon Musk names a legal representative in the Latin American country within 24 hours.
Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes said in an order made public on Wednesday that failure to appoint a legal representative could result in the “suspension of the social network’s activities”.
The order is the latest development in a months-long feud between Musk and de Moraes, who has led a crackdown on alleged misinformation and disinformation in the nation of more than 200 million people.
De Moraes has ordered the suspension of more than 100 X accounts in recent years, including some belonging to supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who lost the 2022 election to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after peddling unsubstituted claims that Brazil’s electronic voting machines are prone to fraud.
In April, De Moraes accused Musk of waging a “disinformation campaign” and disrespecting Brazil’s sovereignty after the Tesla CEO decided to stop complying with the court orders to block certain X accounts.
Musk, a self-described free speech absolutist, has accused de Moraes of stifling free speech and violating Brazil’s constitution.
X announced earlier this month it would shut its operations in Brazil, saying de Moraes had threatened one of the company’s legal representatives with arrest if it did not comply with his takedown orders.
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6 个月Well ur right about the fact that human rights and constitutionnal right are important but Meraculious behaviour u showed cannot be acceptable in severe court judgements yea? Manipulating is completely different but the necessities asked by law cannot be avoided on purpose by such big brand companies !! Brazilian law and Indian constitutional law is different
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6 个月Appointment of a legal representative or a company representative in the legal sectors is a necessary thing to be put up first , prior to that a notice should be given for 1 month since it was prior warning from the judge so it's legally bound that the renowned company 'x' should prioritize the issue or give compensation regarding the same