Magistrate gave the businessman 24 hours to appoint the new legal representative of the social network in Brazil
Politicians, parties, journalists and other personalities reacted to the Minister’s decision STF (Federal Supreme Court) Alexandre de Moraes to summon businessman Elon Musk, owner of X (formerly Twitter), on Wednesday (August 28, 2024). The judge ordered the company to identify a legal representative in Brazil within 24 hours. If the decision is not complied with, the social network may be taken offline in the country. Read the full of the subpoena (PDF – 107 kB).
No X, Musk republished a post on the topic and wrote: “This ‘Judge’ Has Repeatedly Broken the Laws He Sworn to Uphold“. In otherhe declared: “One day, Alexandre, that picture of you in prison will be real. Mark my words.”.
THE publication reposted by Musk is from Michael Shellenberger, an American journalist who published, in April of this year, documents with accusations against Moraes for alleged censorship. In X, he reproduces excerpts from a report from the newspaper The State of Sao Paulo about the summons of Moraes.
Other publication by Shellenberger was reposted by Senator Eduardo Girao (New-CE).
Glenn Greenwald commented on Moraes’ decision. The American journalist is one of those responsible for the series of reports published by S.Paulo Newspaper from messages and files exchanged between Moraes, his assistants and other members of his team via WhatsApp.
The records reveal that the minister’s office unofficially requested that the Electoral Court prepare reports to support its own decisions in the investigation of fake news against allies of the then president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) in 2022.
No X, Greenwald he wrote: “Brazil’s authoritarian censorship judge, Alexandre de Moraes, is explicitly threatening to ban the use of X nationwide unless he physically makes representatives in the country available (whom he has threatened to arrest) and censors more compliant with his orders.”.
The PCO (Workers’ Cause Party) made several publications in X. “There are 20 hours left for Xandão to take down X. We are going to spend these 20 hours in the best way possible. Every hour, a meme will come out denouncing Xandão. If you have a meme, publish yours too with the following: #outXandão”, reads in one of them.
Here are some PCO publications:
Read more reactions:
- Eduardo Ribeiropresident of the Novo party, in publication in X:
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