Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Minister Alexandre de Moraes has launched an inquiry into Elon Musk and the social media platform X after Musk defied a court order demanding the censoring of several accounts. Musk also called for de Moraes' resignation.
Brazil ian Supreme Federal Tribunal Minister and “anti-fake news crusader” Alexandre de Moraes has opened an inquiry into Elon Musk and the social media platform X after Musk announced he would defy a Brazil ian court order that demanded the censoring of several accounts.
Musk also called for de Moraes’ resignation.on Monday, instructing the Brazilian Federal police to determine if Musk has engaged in alleged “obstruction of justice” and “incitement to crime.”that X would defy a court order issued by de Moraes that demanded the social media platform censor a group of Brazilian accounts or risk a daily fine of 100,000 Brazilian reais for each account that the platform failed to censor. On Sunday, MuskIn a separate post issued by the X global affairs account, the social media platform said it is “prohibited from saying which accounts are impacted,” and said it would challenge the court orders. X Corp. has been forced by court decisions to block certain popular accounts in Brazil. We have informed those accounts that we have taken this action.a series of posts titled “Twitter Files – Brazil,” in which he listed actions and demands taken by de Moraes in order to censor Brazilian politicians and supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro. De Moreas alsointo him and his social media platform for alleged obstruction of justice and incitement to crime, asserting that Musk had launched a “disinformation campaign” against the Brazilian top court. The inquiry’s ruling also stated the X social media platform “must abstain from disobeying” any court order, including the reactivation of the accounts that the Brazilian top court has ordered X to censor. On Sunday De Moraes included Musk in a separate active inquiry opened by the STF Minister in July 2021 to investigate alleged “anti-democratic digital militias” that spread “fake news.” De Moraes claimed that Musk’s inclusion in the the inquiry is due to the “intentional criminal exploitation” of the social network platform. “In the present hypothesis, therefore, the use of illegal mechanisms by ‘X’ is characterized; as well as the presence of strong indications of intent by the CEO of the social network ‘X’, Elon Musk, in the criminal instrumentalization previously pointed out and investigated in several inquiries,” the ruling reportedly De Moraes, who styles himself as an “anti-fake news crusader,” has used the “anti-democratic digital militias” inquiry in the past to conduct “Operation Venire,” a broad probe into allegations that former president Bolsonaro falsified vaccination documents to travel to the United States. Bolsonaro’s home was Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press outside his home before getting into a car after Federal Police agents carried out a search and seizure warrant in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. rulings against Bolsonaro’s 2022 presidential campaign that greatly benefited current socialist current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who narrowly defeated Bolsonaro in the October 2022 runoff election. In recent years, the STF Minister has ordered multiple police raids against lawmakers, comedians, content creators, and regular Brazilian citizens who expressed support for Bolsonaro during his presidency .that there is a “need for general regulation by the National Congress in defense of democracy” and described the use of mass media as one of the “big problems” of modern democracies. President of the Supreme Electoral Court, Minister Alexandre de Moraes, arrives to preside over the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro at the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, June 29, 2023. on the home of one of Bolsonaro’s sons, Carlos Bolsonaro, as part of a broader probe into illegal espionage activities allegedly committed during his father’s presidency. De MoraesBolsonaro from running for office until 2030 for allegedly spreading “misinformation” about Brazil’s electoral voting machines in an official encounter with foreign ambassadors in July 2022.After U.S. Pressure, IDF Leaves Southern Gaza; Hamas Declares VictoryTrump Eclipse Video Goes Viral, Establishment Media Mock ItMorris and Mansour: Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Schemes Will Help Him in the Election – but Conservatives Can Seize the IssueVIDEO — Close Call: 89K-Ton Ship Loses Propulsion Near NYC Bridge Weeks After Baltimore Tragedy Tennessee Progressives Fight So-Called ‘White Supremacist Legislation’ Banning Local Reparations Task Forces William Shatner Uses Solar Eclipse to Promote Climate Change Activism: ‘What’s the Point of Going into Space, You Can’t Come Back’
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