Elon Musk’s X to shut operations in Brazil amid bitter legal fight
SUMMARY
Social media giant X, owned by Elon Musk, announced it will cease operations in Brazil following a contentious legal battle with Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes. The platform, while still accessible to Brazilian users, has shut down its local offices after Moraes aggressively targeted X for not complying with his demands to censor accounts. These accounts, linked to supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, were accused of spreading so-called "disinformation." Moraes, who has been criticized for overstepping his judicial powers, allegedly threatened X's legal representative with arrest, prompting Musk to call him "an utter disgrace to justice." Musk defended the decision, stating that bowing to such authoritarian pressures would have been shameful and against the principles of free speech that X stands for.
