Elon Musk vs. Brazil Supreme Court: five things to know
economictimes.indiatimes.comMusk is under investigation in Brazil after he accused a Supreme Court judge of censoring social networks, calling him a «dictator» and vowing to disobey rulings blocking users found to be spreading disinformation.
Here are five things to know about the billionaire's beef with powerful, polarizing Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
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Musk went on the attack at the weekend against Moraes, who has waged a crusade against disinformation — especially attempts by far-right supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to discredit the electoral system ahead of Brazil's 2022 elections.
Moraes has «betrayed the constitution» and «should resign or be impeached,» the Tesla and SpaceX boss wrote on X, the former Twitter, threatening to defy court orders blocking users.
The flare-up came after US journalist and activist Michael Shellenberger last week accused Moraes of a «sweeping crackdown on free speech,» in a report based on the «Twitter Files,» a cache of internal documents Musk released in 2022 after buying the company.
Shellenberger said the files showed Moraes «sought to censor… sitting members of Brazil's Congress» and «weaponize Twitter's content moderation policies against supporters of then-president @jairbolsonaro.»
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