This Saturday, August 17, it was officially announced that Xnetwork formerly known as Twitterwill close its offices in Brazil.
The company led by the tycoon Elon Musk He said that this closure in Brazil will be in response to the “alleged judicial threats” promoted by the Brazilian judge Alexander de Moraes.
Through a statement, it was revealed that X accused Alexandre de Moraes of failure to respect the law or due process, claiming that the judge issued “censorship” orders regarding the content shared on the network.
Censorship orders were the main reason behind the closure of X-rated offices in Brazil
According to the social network, X, Judge Alexandre de Moraes, who is part of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazilthreatened the platform to delete some content.
In response to the alleged retaliation, Elon Musk’s company announced that the withdrawal from its offices would be carried out “with immediate effect” in response to the “censorship orders” which ordered the deletion of posts and blocking of users.
Later on his social networks the businessman pointed out that “The decision to close the office in Brazil was difficult, but, if we had accepted the demands of secret censorship (illegal) and the disclosure of Alexandre’s private information, there was no way we could explain our actions without feeling ashamed,” he wrote.
Additionally, the company also points out that Judge Alexandre de Moraes threatened X’s staff in Brazilwithout considering that employees do not have the power to block content that authorities may consider “inappropriate.”
Why did Judge Alexandre de Moraes fight with X?
Prior to the closure of X’s offices in Brazil, Judge Alexandre de Moraes warned that if the user blocks were not complied with, X’s representative in Brazil would face a daily fine of $3,600, in addition to the possibility of imprisonment for “disobedience.”
His fight against X dates back to the electoral context of 2022, when Alexandre de Moraes, on behalf of the Superior Electoral Court, ordered the removal of hundreds of posts from this social network for “questioning the integrity of the Brazilian electoral system.”
And it is that, after the triumph of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the 2022 presidential elections, former President Jair Bolsonaro, who has won the sympathy of Elon Musk, He attempted to discredit the electronic voting system and accused it of electoral fraud through his X profile.
These events have led to legal proceedings being initiated against the former Brazilian president, who is accused of attempting to organise a coup d’état alongside other ultra-conservative figures.
In response to the “political unrest,” Judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered X the blocking of accounts of anyone who questioned the elections in Brazil following the victory of Lula da Silva.
Lula da Silva (André Borges / (EPA) EFE)
2024-08-18 05:09:58