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It not only affects our freedom of expression, but also undermines the confidence of international companies in operating on Brazilian soil, with impacts ranging from national security to the quality of the information that reaches our citizens,
We need to leave this state of apathy and stop the worst from happening,
the pro-Bolsonaro lawmaker, whose profiles were blocked by de Moraes in 2022, also said I’ve used VPNs a lot in authoritarian countries like China to continue accessing news sites and social networks,
Maurício Santoro, a political science professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, said on the platform before its shutdown Tirants want to turn Brazil into another commie dictatorship but we won’t back down. I repeat: do not vote on those who don’t respect free speech. Orwell was right,
right-wing congressman Nikolas Ferreira, one of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s closest allies, published before X went off Wait a lot of my fan pages are Brazilian!!! Come back hold up!!,
Cardi B said Friday on X. ... A fan page dedicated to Timothé I've got the feeling that I have no idea what’s happening in the world right now. Bizarre,
entertainment writer and heavy X user Chico Barney wrote on Threads, a text-based app developed by Instagram that Barney was using as an alternative I kind of lost touch with what’s going on around the world,
They're shutting down the #1 source of truth in Brazil,
Musk said in a post on X on Friday I’m going to radicalise, even it I do it on my own,
vowed Nikolas Ferreira, a prominent rightwing congressman, in the hours before X was blocked If billionaires want to have companies that make billions in these parts, they need to learn to respect the laws. Long live the rule of law and national sovereignty,
the leftwing congresswoman Erika Hilton wrote on X late on Friday night Don’t forget, when you go to another country, you’re obliged to follow its legislation, even if you disagree with it,
You are a freedom fighter,
Seems like you lost connectivity. We’ll keep retrying.”
When the Guardian tried to access the network on its computer and mobile phone, it received a message reading He is a dictator and a fraud, not a justice,
Musk wrote on X, although Brazilian users could no longer read his words without using a virtual private network (VPN). Legal expertise has played a part in his meteoric rise, but what put him on the Supreme Court, and 99% of his career, is politics. He's a political animal,
constitutional law expert Antonio Carlos de Freitas told AFP Bolsonaro's camp has found a favorite enemy in Moraes, who has dealt them their biggest defeats at the Supreme Court and blocked the spread of fake news,
Freedom of expression doesn't mean freedom of aggression,
Elon Musk is an American citizen, he is not a citizen of the world. He can’t offend presidents, congressmen, the Senate, or the Supreme Court. Who does he think he is?”
Those that lead towards conservatives and the far-right will criticise judge Alexandre de Moraes and praise Musk, as you know, the hero of free speech,
David Nemer, an associate professor in the department of media studies at Virginia University, told Al Jazeera Any citizen from anywhere in the world who has investments in Brazil is subject to the Brazilian Constitution and laws,
Lula told a local radio station on Friday