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Eugene

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Sun Aug 18, 2024, 12:03 PM Aug 2024

X shuts Brazil operations over 'censorship' orders: Musk

Source: Deutsche-Welle

X shuts Brazil operations over 'censorship' orders: Musk

15 hours ago

A feud between X owner Elon Musk and a Brazilian top court judge has culminated in the platform shutting down its local operations for the staff’s "safety."

Social media website X, formerly Twitter, will wind up its local operations in Brazil after a legal battle at the Supreme Court over the platform's rights and responsibilities, owner Elon Musk said Sunday

But the company said the website would remain available to users in Brazil.

While X argued that it was protecting free speech and standing up against "illegal secret censorship," Brazil's Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes argued he was standing up against disinformation and tyranny in Brazil.

In April, Moraes had ordered an investigation into Musk, accusing him of "criminal instrumentalization" of the platform. An order seen by AFP detailed that Musk had reactivated banned accounts and was then threatened with a fine for each instance.

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Read more: https://www.dw.com/en/x-shuts-brazil-operations-over-censorship-orders-musk/a-69970697

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