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X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's content orders

The X service remains available to the people of Brazil, the platform said on Saturday.

for now

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X to close operations in Brazil 'effective immediately'

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Now do the rest of the world.
- I give Europe a few more months before they get tired of his shit.
  
  I'm still waiting for the DSA penalties to hit Twitter. The rules say the EU can organize its own moderation team that fights disinformation and bill it to Twitter.
  I wonder if it's because of the recent events in Palestine that they didn't come down harder, there's significant disagreement in EU governments over who's in the right there, and the DSA can't afford to look like censoring legitimate ideas.

Musk has called the Moraes' decisions regarding X "unconstitutional."
According to which constitution Melon ? You do realize that Brazil is a sovereign country and we have our own constitution right ? You know, the one that has explicit protections against hate speech, discrimination and harassment ?
Also, do you really think you know more about our constitution than a fucking Supreme Court Minister ?
You're pathetic, Elmo.

Is this why there was a huge influx of Brazilians to Bluesky not long ago?
- Some months ago elon got into a fight with the Brazilian government saying the election was stolen (without any hint of evidence) and other things about the supreme court and the electoral court. This was going to happen eventually, elon can't stfu.
  PS: this is a summary from April https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/brazil-supreme-court-justice-orders-elon-musk-investigation-fake-news-rcna146799

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