A judge of the Supreme Court of Brazil ordered this Friday social network suspension x in the countryAfter tycoon Elon Musk did not respect the order of nominationwithin 24 hours, a legal representative of the platform in Brazil.
Moraes and musk They have been in public conflict for months, After x violated legal orders to block certain accounts accused of spreading false news and hate messages.
Two days ago, tensions between Brazilian authorities and X owner Elon Musk reached a fever pitch. Brazil’s Supreme Court judge issued an ultimatum to the company: would ban X in less than 24 hours if they did not appoint a new legal representative who would answer to justice. The billionaire, who announced last week the cessation of X operations in Brazil, mocked the judge on the social network with images created by artificial intelligence.
As news of the release of Pavel Durov, CEO and founder of Telegram, charged with 12 counts by the French justice system; On the other side of the Atlantic, the tension between another social media mogul and the Brazilian justice system has reached its peak.
After years of refusing to comply with the South American country’s court rulings, Judge Alexandre de Moraes has opened an investigation against Musk for possible obstruction of justice. He even warned that his next move could be the arrest of the representative of x in the country.
In response, Musk announced the closure of operations in the countryalthough the online platform would continue to be available to the millions of users it has in Brazil.
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