2 weeks Ago By Thomas Ricker
Filed under: A Brazilian judge has officially banned X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, bringing the monthslong conflict between Elon Musk and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to a head. On August 30th, Justice de Moraes and notified the country’s communications agency to limit access to the platform within 24 hours. The Brazilian justice, who has led the country’s efforts against misinformation, in April after Musk said he reactivated accounts the platform was ordered to block.
Musk over claims de Moraes threatened to arrest the company’s local legal representative if the platform didn’t follow “censorship orders.” Despite that Brazil would ban X if it didn’t appoint a new legal representative, Musk still hasn’t complied, leading to the platform’s suspension. If you’re interested in keeping up with this story, check out all the latest news below.
TODAY, An hour ago Brazilian fans of musicians, actors, and other celebrities play in cultivating fandoms online — and it’s unclear what will happen to stan Twitter (X) now that . A Timothée Chalamet updates account has already announced it’ll cease operations, and I bet this won’t be the only unexpected collateral damage. TODAY, An hour ago X is currently banned in Brazil following from a Supreme Court justice, and Brazilian users seem to be turning to , an alternate social network, in droves.
“Brazil, you’re setting new all-time-highs for activity on Bluesky!” the official Bluesky account . TODAY, Two hours ago A judge in Brazil has ordered the suspension of X after owner Elon Musk failed to designate a new legal representative for the country, according to and . Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes told the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) to limit access to X within 24 hours and has given Apple and Google five days to remove X from their mobile app stores.
The country will also impose daily fines of $50,000 Brazilian real (~$8,900 USD) to people who try to access X through a virtual private network (VPN), as reported by . Aug 29 Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes last night: appoint a new legal representative in Brazil within 24 hours or X will be banned. follows X after being ordered to remove several accounts for allegedly spreading hate speech and misinformation.
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for now. [ Reuters ] Aug 17 The site accuses Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes of a “secret order” to arrest its legal representative if X doesn’t “comply with his censorship orders.” Despite the change, “X service remains available to the people of Brazil.
” Justice de Moraes of the platform in April over its reactivation of accounts it was ordered to block. (The site .) Apr 16 Elon Musk’s lawyers have reportedly undercut his related to ye old Twitter’s refusal to block accounts as ordered by the country’s highest court.
According to , X’s lawyers said the following in a letter addressed to Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Monday: [ Reuters ] Apr 8 Brazil has opened an investigation into Elon Musk over a potential obstruction of justice after the X owner said he reactivated accounts on the social media platform Brazil had ordered the platform to block. The inquiry opened by Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Sunday follows a string of heated interactions between Musk and the Brazilian government. On Saturday, that “court decisions” had forced the platform to block “certain popular accounts” in Brazil and would face daily fines (of up to $20,000, ) if it failed to comply.
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