Elon Musk vs Brazil: Musk claims employees threatened with arrest, says will share info on judge after they are safe

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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.

They have been told they will be arrested," he stated. Musk's post on X came in response to Brazilian politician Nikolas Ferreira, calling him out to prove his claims against Judge de Moraes and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. "Elon said that Alexandre has Lula on a leash and that he put his finger on the scale to elect him.

As a member of the Brazilian congress and representing millions of people, I ask you to give us more information. This will be crucial for the future of our country," Ferreira wrote. Musk has been publically feuding with the Brazilian Supreme Court, especially Judge de Moraes, for some time now over "censorship" claims.

On April 7 Musk called for the de Moraes' removal, accusing him of censorship for blocking accounts suspected of spreading disinformation. The billionaire entrepreneur claimed de Moraes “has brazenly and repeatedly betrayed the constitution and people of Brazil. He should resign or be impeached." The series of scathing attacks against the Brazilian justice began on Saturday evening, as the Space X chief took to X and stated, “We will probably lose all revenue in Brazil and have to shut down our office there." Musk alleged that de Moraes was threatening to “cut off access" to the platform and said, “But principles matter more than profit."