{"id":124403,"date":"2024-08-30T10:20:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T10:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/30\/brazil-braces-for-x-shutdown-as-elon-musk-takes-aim-at-evil-dictator-judge\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T10:20:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T10:20:08","slug":"brazil-braces-for-x-shutdown-as-elon-musk-takes-aim-at-evil-dictator-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/30\/brazil-braces-for-x-shutdown-as-elon-musk-takes-aim-at-evil-dictator-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil braces for X shutdown – as Elon Musk takes aim at ‘evil dictator’ judge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The world’s richest man and one of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices are set for a showdown with Elon Musk’s social media platform X facing a ban in the world’s fourth largest economy.<\/p>\n

Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes issued an order on Wednesday for X to appoint a new legal representative within 24 hours or face shutdown.<\/p>\n

In Wednesday’s ruling, Mr Moraes says that under the country’s law regulating internet issues, companies that do not respect Brazilian legislation or the confidentiality of private information could have their activities temporarily suspended.<\/p>\n

X’s refusal to appoint a legal representative would be particularly problematic ahead of Brazil’s October municipal elections, with a churn of fake news expected, said Luca Belli, coordinator of the Technology and Society Center at the Getulio Vargas Foundation, a university in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n

Takedown orders are common during campaigns, and not having someone to receive legal notices would make timely compliance impossible.<\/p>\n

Hours after the judge’s decision, Musk said on X that Mr Moraes “has repeatedly broken the laws he has sworn to uphold”.<\/p>\n

He had previously called the judge’s decisions regarding X “unconstitutional”.<\/p>\n

Musk on Wednesday branded Mr Moraes “an evil dictator cosplaying as a judge”, as he pinned a post by X saying it was expecting to be shut down in Brazil “soon”.<\/p>\n

The dispute between Musk<\/a> <\/strong>and the judge began earlier this month when X claimed one of its legal representatives in Brazil had been threatened with arrest if they did not comply with legal orders to take down some content from the platform.<\/p>\n

X, which is accessed by 40 million Brazilians at least once a month, responded by announcing it would close its operations<\/a> <\/strong>and fire its staff in Brazil due to what it called “censorship orders” from the judge.<\/p>\n

Its service would remain available for users in Brazil, it said.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this year, Mr Moraes ordered X to block certain accounts implicated in investigations of so-called “digital militias” that have been accused of spreading fake news and hate messages during the government of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

After Musk challenged that decision and said he would reactivate accounts on X that the judge had ordered blocked, Mr Moraes opened an inquiry into the billionaire in early April.<\/p>\n

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X representatives eventually reversed course and told the Supreme Court the social media giant would obey the legal rulings.<\/p>\n

In April, however, Mr Moraes asked X to explain why it allegedly had not fully complied with his decisions.<\/p>\n

In response, lawyers representing X in Brazil told the Supreme Court that “operational faults” had allowed users who were ordered blocked to stay active on the social media platform.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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