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Despite our numerous appeals to the Supreme Court not being heard, the Brazilian public not being informed about these orders and our Brazilian staff having no responsibility or control over whether content is blocked on our platform, Moraes has chosen to threaten our staff in Brazil rather than respect the law or due process,
the X Global Governmental Affairs account posted The resemblance is uncanny.”
In separate posts, Musk called de Moraes an “utter disgrace to justice” and compared him to Harry Potter villain Voldemort, saying We are deeply saddened that we have been forced to make this decision,
Freedom of expression doesn’t mean freedom of aggression,
Moraes, who presides over Brazil’s Superior Electoral Tribunal, has said The decision to close the X office in Brazil was difficult,
Due to demands by 'Justice' @Alexandre in Brazil that would require us to break (in secret) Brazilian, Argentinian, American and international law, X has no choice but to close our local operations in Brazil,
Musk posted, referring to Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes Last night, Alexandre de Moraes threatened our legal representative in Brazil with arrest if we do not comply with his censorship orders. He did so in a secret order, which we share here to expose his actions,
To protect the safety of our staff, we have made the decision to close our operation in Brazil, effective immediately,