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| X Shuts Down Operations In Brazil After Supreme Federal Court Justice Allegedly Threatens Legal Rep With Arrest |
| 2024-08-18 |
| [DC] Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) abruptly shut down its operations in Brazil on Saturday after the company claimed Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes threatened to have a legal representative arrested over non-compliance with content removal demands, Reuters reported. X posted the announcement Saturday, citing concerns over "censorship orders" issued by Moraes. The company claimed Moraes secretly threatened to arrest one of the company’s legal representatives in the country if they did not comply with court orders to remove certain content from the platform, Reuters reported. (RELATED: European Gov Berates Top Official For Sending Threatening Letter To Elon Musk Ahead Of Trump Interview) X Global Affairs asserted that, despite multiple appeals to the Supreme Federal Court, the Brazilian public had not been informed of the orders and that X’s Brazilian staff had no control over the content removal decisions, according to the statement. The statement also emphasizes, while the service itself would remain available to users in Brazil, the platform’s decision to close operations was made to protect the safety of its employees.
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| Posted by:Frank G |