A standoff between Elon Musk and Brazil escalated on Sunday when a Supreme Court judge opened an inquiry into the billionaire after Musk said he would reactivate accounts on the social media platform X that the judge had ordered blocked.

Musk, the owner of X and a self-declared free speech absolutist, has challenged a decision by Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordering the blocking of certain accounts. He has said X, formerly known as Twitter, would lift all the restrictions because they were unconstitutional and called on Moraes to resign.

Neither Musk, X nor Brazilian authorities have disclosed which social media accounts were ordered blocked. X first posted about the order to block on Saturday but it was not immediately clear when the order was issued.

Moraes is investigating “digital militias” that have been accused of spreading fake news and hate messages during the government of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and is also leading an investigation into an alleged coup attempt by Bolsonaro.

  • ODD@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
    17·
    8 months ago

    And no, talking is not a crime

    Oh, really?! So I can freely say racist homophobic shit to peoples faces and make death threats, spread falsehoods about your mom’s sex life and demand a coup d’etat saying that the elections were defrauded without having any fucking evidence of that freely?! What a concept!

    But no, these are all crimes according to Brazilian law. If you don’t agree with that, become a politician or start a movement and demand change.

    And don’t you fucking dare to question my level of “leftiness” or my humanity towards people who wants me dead.

    You can keep pretending that these were just old innocent old people while ignoring the fact that Bolsonaro himself was recorded among generals planing a coup, having documents to justify the coup in their possessions, that higher ups of the armed forces were onboard. The same Bolsonaro who said that he wanted to gun down and torture his political opponents.

    • FreudianCafeEnglish
      122·
      8 months ago

      Well, acording to the constitution. But you guys only use it to wipe your asses