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Social Media Platform X announced on Saturday that will close its operations in Brazil “with immediate effect” in connection with what he called “censorship orders” Brazilian referee Alexander de Moraes.

X claims that Moraes secretly threatened one of his legal representatives in the country The South American arrested him unless he complied with a court order to remove some content from his platform. He Supreme Federal Court of BrazilMoraes’ location did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Billionaire’s Platform Elon Musk said on Saturday that the service Available for Brazilians.

Earlier this year, Moraes ordered X block specific accountsinvestigating calls “digital militias” who is accused of distributing fake news and hate messages during the reign of the former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro.

Earlier this year, Moraes launched an investigation into the billionaire after Musk said he was reactivating accounts on X that the judge ordered blocked. Musk described “unconstitutional” decisions de Moraes about X.

Following Musk’s challenges, representatives X They backed down and told Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court that the social media giant will comply with court decisions.

Lawyers representing X in Brazil told the Supreme Federal Court in April that “operational glitches” allowed users who had been ordered blocked to remain active on the social media platform after Moraes asked X that would explain why he allegedly did not fully implement his decisions.

Musk in publications in X On Saturday, he called Moraes “an absolute disgrace to the justice system” and said the company had been unable to access “demands for secret censorship and provision of private information” from the judge.

(Reuters)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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