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X’s suspension comesof a showdown between Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and Musk that stretches back to April when Moraes ordered Musk to suspend dozens of accounts accused of sharing “disinformation.” Following the feud, Moraes ordered Musk to be criminally investigated and created a five-member panel to review X’s suspension. That panel voted Monday to uphold the ban on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Similar to many, I’ve watched Brazil’s free speech battle with one eye. But I hadn’t really begun to pay attention until recently when it became apparent Moraes’s effort to kick X out of Brazil was no idle political threat. What I found terrified me.X secretly to block accounts of sitting federal lawmakers without even offering a reason, and excerpts from his 51-page ruling suggest the case is politically motivated.U.S. attorney Brendan Thomas Carr.
Despite the ban on X, many in Brazil continued to tweet via virtual private networks, risking fines and persecution.Marcel van Hattem, a Brazilian journalist, political scientist, and politician. “My dignity is worth much more than that … I will keep tweeting regardless of State persecution or threats.”political messages on X after the platform was banned. However, I suspect the party is not at risk of being fined.
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