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Musk creates profile on X against Moraes to leak confidential decisions of the Supreme Court,
The sign reads in Portuguese ... referring to Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes who ordered the platform blocked for having failed to name a local legal representative as required by law We have a right to defend fundamental rights
Moraes, who rarely gives interviews, and who in his most recent statements on the subject has avoided mentioning Musk or X by name, said on Friday 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,
the company posted in a statement The Starlink team is doing everything possible to keep you connected,
the company wrote on X on September 3. This evil tyrant is a disgrace to judges' robes,
Musk wrote on X along with a photo of de Moraes some 17 hours before Starlink announced its decision to comply with the order The battle of the titans, between de Moraes and Musk, reminds us of how powerful, political and provocative tech leaders have become,
said Schaake, who is also author of the forthcoming book “The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley.” I think at some point it will be a little bit difficult to explain that his commitment to absolute freedom of expression is losing millions to investors,
This order is based on an unfounded determination that Starlink should be responsible for the fines levied — unconstitutionally —against X,
Starlink said in a post on X, adding The Brazilian people know that freedom of speech is not freedom of aggression. They know that the freedom of speech is not the freedom to spread hate, racism, misogyny and homophobia.”
For example, in an interview earlier this year, he said How did @Alexandre de Moraes become the dictator of Brazil? He has Lula on a leash.”
No one can seek to perform their activities in Brazil without complying with the laws and the federal constitution,
argued the supreme court justice Cristiano Zanin He talks about free speech but he doesn’t walk the talk,
Doria said of the owner of X, who a 2023 data analysis by the technology information portal Rest of World, said Hope Lula enjoys flying commercial,
the billionaire added, referring to Brazilian President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva It is not possible for a company to operate in the territory of a country and intend to impose its vision on which rules should be valid or applied,
Justice Flavio Dino said as he joined Justice Cristiano Zanin in siding with Moraes A party that intentionally fails to comply with court decisions appears to consider itself above the rule of law. And so it can turn into an outlaw,
Free speech is so important, but it's really on the knife edge right now,
The Brazilian judiciary may have given an important signal that the world is not obliged to put up with Musk's far-right ideology just because he is rich,
Lula said in an interview with CNN Brasil released on Monday He pointed expressly to Brexit in 2016 and [former] President [Donald] Trump's election here in 2016 as examples of populist outcomes, indicating that he wanted to avoid,
We need some accountability there, but, at least in the short term, Facebook and other social media sites should publicly disclose, between now and the election, if any government officials — right, left, center — pressure them to censor America's posts,
Unless the Brazilian government returns the illegally seized property of and SpaceX, we will seek reciprocal seizure of government assets too.”
On Monday, Musk called de Moraes a “criminal” and wrote in another post on X