X, owned by Elon Musk, claims Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes threatened to arrest one of the company's legal representatives if it did not remove content.
  • iopq@lemmy.worldEnglish
    313·
    3 months ago

    You’re defending censoring people who are speaking out against the government. How is that a good thing?

    • LimconEnglish
      161·
      3 months ago

      They tried a coup (with the military and the brazilian rural oligarchs), so it’s not “censorship”, it’s enforcing that Brazil is a democratic (even if very flawed) country. The constitution give this right to the supreme court and him (he was the supreme judge for the last election, so dealing with the aftermath of the election is his obligation), so it’s a lot more nuanced than you might say.

      Edit: If Musk doesn’t respect our laws, let him get out of here haha.

    • Nighed@sffa.communityEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      Is it censorship, or stopping (actual) fake news and lies because Musk fired Twitters moderation team?

      (I don’t actually know)

      • LimconEnglish
        9·
        3 months ago

        Moraes have a case in his hand (the tried coup last year), because he was the supreeme judge for the elections. He judged that these people tried to help the coup and demanded that their accounts are suspended (entirely cool with the constitution), as musk doesn’t want that, they’re gone from Brazil and might be blocked countrywide.

        • Shampiss@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          3 months ago

          Sure but in this case the judge is not censoring merely incorrect information. It’s written in the article that I assume you haven’t read

          The judge ordered to remove the account of a militant group that attempted a coup after the party they support lost the election

          This is exactly the kind of thing that should be censored. Anti democracy groups