New Delhi: The world’s richest billionaire Elon Musk is once again in the headlines. In fact, a judge of Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered the tech billionaire’s social media giant company X to be suspended in Brazil. This move taken on Friday has further escalated the months-long feud between the two individuals over freedom of expression and misinformation.
Let us tell you that earlier Justice Morris had issued a warning saying that if you do not appoint a local representative for your social media platform in Brazil within 24 hours, then your service will be suspended. After this, this decision has come to light. After this decision, Musk has targeted the judge who gave the order.
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Musk got angry at the judge
Musk, who also owns Tesla and SpaceX, reacted angrily, calling Moraes “an evil dictator masquerading as a judge” and accusing him of “trying to destroy democracy in Brazil.” “Free expression is the cornerstone of democracy and an unelected pseudo-judge in Brazil is destroying it for political purposes,” Musk wrote on X.
This is the whole matter
It is known that this case started in April. When Morris ordered an investigation into ‘X’. He had alleged that the social media platform promoted many accounts spreading misinformation. Initially, X’s global team followed the orders of the Supreme Court of Brazil and blocked many accounts. But the team blocking the accounts did not tell why they were blocked. Which law of the government do they violate.
Brazil is an important market for X, which has struggled with advertiser losses since Musk bought the former Twitter in 2022. Market research group eMarketer says about 40 million Brazilians, about a fifth of the population, use X at least once per month.
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