The company claims that judge Alexandre de Moraes threatened to arrest its legal representative in Brazil if the company did not comply with his orders.
Social media company X says it will close its operations in Brazil, after claiming a judge on the country's supreme court threatened to arrest its legal representative in Brazil if the company did not comply with his orders. X, formerly Twitter, said it was removing its remaining staff in Brazil 'effective immediately' though the service will still be available there.
His most recent orders amounted to censorship, X said, and an account claiming to be X's global government affairs shared a copy of the supposed document in question. The Supreme Court's press office has not yet commented or confirmed the veracity of the document. Mr Musk published several posts about Mr de Moraes on X on Saturday night, including one which likened the justice to the Harry Potter villain Voldemort.
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