X was still working normally in Brazil on Friday morning, but the platform said late on Thursday that it expected Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to order a shutdown ‘soon’
An ongoing feud between a Brazil Supreme Court justice and Elon Musk left social media platform X on the brink of being blocked in the country, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva demanded that the billionaire comply with local laws.
“Just because a guy has a lot of money doesn’t mean he can disrespect ,” the leftist leader added. Musk on Thursday had criticized Lula as Moraes’ “lapdog” in a post on X in which the billionaire also called Moraes a “dictator. Under Brazilian laws governing the internet, social media platforms are required to have a locally based representative. To shut down X’s operations in Brazil, Moraes would have to order telecommunication companies to stop carrying X traffic. Users, however, would still be able to dodge the blockage by using virtual private networks, or VPNs.
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