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Supreme Court gave Elon Musk-owned social platform X five days to present documents validating its new legal representative in the country, a court decision showed on Saturday. X lawyers said late on Friday that it had named a legal representative in Brazil, addressing one of the demands imposed by the court to allow the social platform to resume operations in the country. In his Saturday decision, Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes gave five days for X to provide commercial registries and other documents proving that X formally signed Rachel de Oliveira Conceicao as its Brazil legal representative.

If free speech is a measure of a modern liberal democracy, Brazil is in trouble. A crackdown on expression and the denial of due process for those who contradict the state’s version of the truth dates back to 2020. Now it’s getting worse.

social media platforms such as Threads or Bluesky, where Portuguese has become the most spoken language in the few days since Elon Musk's X was shut down in the country. «Is anyone there?» asked numerous Brazilian netizens as they made their first tentative forays onto Bluesky, which said it had added more than two million new users since South America's largest nation banned X. Access to the social network formerly known as Twitter was blocked on Saturday amid a standoff between Musk and Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes, who has made it his mission to crack down on disinformation.

Musk's satellite broadband firm, Starlink, on Tuesday said that it is complying with Brazil's top court order to block access to social media platform X in the country, a day after informing the country's regulator it would not obey the order. Starlink had emerged as a fresh battleground between Musk and Brazil, as top court judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered the freeze of the company's accounts for possible use to pay fines owed by X, which is also owned by Musk. «Regardless of the illegal treatment of Starlink in freezing of our assets, we are complying with the order to block access to X in Brazil,» Starlink, which has more than 200,000 customers in the Latin American nation, said in a post on X.

Elon Musk, who is now fighting to maintain his social media platform X in one of the biggest democracies in the world, made the disparaging comparison to the Harry Potter character. It makes sense that Alexandre de Moraes would be compared to Voldemort given his dark, piercing gaze and shiny bald head. Mr.

Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered the suspension of X, formerly known as Twitter, after a protracted legal battle with the social media platform's owner, Elon Musk. The Court mandated this suspension due to the company's failure to appoint a new legal representative in Brazil within the deadline set by Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes. The decision affects approximately 40 million Brazilian users who will lose access to the platform within 24 hours, making it the latest addition to the list of countries that have banned or suspended the social media service. The legal confrontation between X and Brazilian authorities began in April when Judge de Moraes ordered the suspension of multiple X accounts accused of spreading disinformation, a directive with which the company did not comply. This defiance led to the current suspension order. The judge also imposed a fine of 50,000 reais (Rs. 7.47 lakh) for any attempts to circumvent the block, such as using a VPN. In response to the decision, Elon Musk stated, «Free speech is the bedrock of democracy, and an unelected pseudo-judge in Brazil is destroying it for political purposes.»

Brazil's telecommunications regulator said on Friday it was proceeding to suspend access to Elon Musk's X social network in the country in compliance with an order from a judge who has been locked in a months-long feud with the billionaire investor. The move followed the expiry of a court-imposed deadline for the popular social media platform to name a legal representative in Brazil. Musk has argued that Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes is trying to enforce unjustified censorship, while the judge has insisted that social media needs hate speech regulations.

Elon Musk's X social media network in Brazil after the billionaire failed to comply with an order to name a new legal representative for the company. Musk has been locked in a months-long feud with the judge, Alexandre de Moraes, who is leading a battle against disinformation in South America's largest nation. Moraes ordered the «immediate, complete and comprehensive suspension of the operation of 'X Brasil Internet LTDA' in the national territory.»

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice could shut down the local operation of X nationwide on Thursday if its billionaire owner Elon Musk doesn’t name a legal representative by this evening

Elon Musk, the influential billionaire and CEO of X (formerly known as Twitter), has announced that the social media platform may cease its operations in Brazil. This dramatic statement comes after X alleged that top Brazilian judge, Alexandre de Moraes, threatened to arrest one of its legal representatives. The dispute between Musk and Moraes has been intensifying for months, highlighting a broader conflict over the regulation of social media in Brazil, as per the report by Forbes.

Brazil's top court decided on Thursday to close an investigation into Alphabet's Google and Telegram for allegedly coordinating their opposition to a bill aimed at cracking down on fake news. The bill, which is still pending, would require that internet companies' search engines and social messaging services find and report illegal material, and would charge hefty fines for failures to do so.

SÃO PAULO—Before his weekend showdown with tech billionaire Elon Musk, Brazil’s Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes had already earned a reputation as a lightning rod in Brazil’s battles over free speech. In recent years, de Moraes has slapped fines and bans on social-media companies and ordered police to investigate—and even arrest—some of the country’s most powerful conservative bloggers, businessmen and politicians over what he deemed offensive online posts.

Elon Musk on April 9 claimed that the Brazilian employees of his social media site X (formerly known as Twitter), are being threatened with arrest. The tech mogul further added that all details he has on Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes will be shared after his employees are safe. “We need to get our employees in Brazil to a safe place or otherwise not in a position of responsibility, then we will do a full data dump.

Elon Musk after the mogul criticized the magistrate and accused him of censorship for blocking social media accounts suspected of spreading disinformation. In an order seen by AFP, judge Alexandre de Moraes accused the owner of X of «criminal instrumentalisation» of the platform.

Elon Musk on Sunday called for the resignation or removal of a Brazilian Supreme Court justice whom the billionaire entrepreneur accused of censorship for blocking accounts suspected of spreading disinformation. «This judge has brazenly and repeatedly betrayed the constitution and people of Brazil. He should resign or be impeached,» Tesla and SpaceX boss Musk said of Alexandre de Moraes.

Tesla chief and tech magnate Elon Musk on Sunday publicly criticized Brazilian judge Alexandre De Moraes, demanding his resignation. Musk's statement comes amidst mounting tensions between the Brazilian government and social media platforms over issues of censorship and freedom of expression.

Brazil's highest electoral court has barred former President Jair Bolsonaro from running for political office till 2030. This comes after Bolsonaro was found guilty of abusing his power and misusing public media during last year's election campaign, CNN reported. The former president was found guilty by five out of seven judges, effectively ending any hope of a political comeback in the forthcoming 2026 election.

Brazil's outgoing president Jair Bolsonaro has broken his silence after losing to left-wing leader Lula in national elections.