¿Why Brazil suspended X? Judicial authorities of the South American nation ordered that the use of the platform be suspended and here we tell you what you know around the topic.
On Friday, August 30, the Supreme Court of Brazil ordered that Xformerly Twitter, be suspendedwhich is why the access to the social network will be blocked throughout the country.
But,because the suspension of the platform was determined? Below we explain what is known about the court order involving the blocking of the social network in Brazil.
X, formerly Twitter (Bastian Riccardi / Unsplash)
Brazil suspended X for this reason
He Supreme Court of Brazil ordered on Friday, August 30, the suspension of X nationwide, which means access to the social network will be blocked throughout the country.
This was ruled by the highest judicial body of the South American nation, after the company owned by Elon Musk, refused to comply a legal provision that emerged after months of dispute.
According to the AP agency, the resolution issued by the Supreme Court of Brazil establishes that the suspension of X is in response to the refusal to appoint a legal representative in the country.
The above is because just on Wednesday, August 28, Judge Alexandre De Moraes He summoned Elon Musk to proceed with the appointment of a legal representative for its platform.
Even from that day the justice administrator warned that if the provision was not complied with, then X would be blocked throughout Brazil.
To this end, the judge in charge of the Supreme Court of Brazil set a deadline of 24 hours for X to proceed and comply with the respective appointment of a legal representative.
Despite warnings about the consequences for the social network, The company disregarded the provision and did not make any appointments to the position that has been vacant since the beginning of August.
Twitter, now X (Kelly Sikkema / Unsplash)
Elon Musk criticises court ruling suspending X in Brazil
Given the judicial resolution that implies the suspension of X in Brazilthe businessman who owns the social network, Elon Muskshared a message on the same platform, in which He criticized the judge’s actions.
In his tweet, the billionaire businessman referred to Alexandre de Moraes as a “pseudo-judge” of whom he said, is “destroying” Brazil’s democracy for purely political purposes.
The above is because he asserted that the suspension of X in the South American nation is a direct attack on freedom of expressionwhich he maintained, is the basis of democracy.
Regarding this issue, for several months X has been fighting directly against Alexandre de Moraes, because the judge has ordered the closure of several accounts of opposition legislators.
It is worth noting that Brazil is a market of great relevance for X, since market studies by the firm Emarketer indicate that There are about 40 million users in the country.
2024-09-01 02:13:16