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The worldwide erosion of support for free speech continues.
Brazil’s attorney general has called for social media platforms in the country to be regulated after Elon Musk threatened to disobey a court order banning certain accounts on X and lashed out ...
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's telecommunications regulator said on Friday it was suspending access to Elon Musk's X social network in the country to comply with an order from a judge who ...
X announces suspension of Brazil operations, alleging ‘censorship orders’ from Supreme Court justice 08/17/2024 15:35 -0400 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Social media platform X said Saturday it will close its operations in Brazil , claiming Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes threatened to arrest its legal representative in Brazil ...
The 163 Chinese workers found by Brazil's labor ministry in what it described as "slavery-like conditions" at a factory construction site owned by Chinese electric vehicle producer BYD have been ...
In April 2024, American journalist Michael Shellenberger publicly criticized judge Alexandre de Moraes in what he called the "X Files Brazil". [15] Shellenberger shared emails from a former X executive criticizing requests from the Brazilian judiciary for data from users of the platform, which would go against the social network's policy. [16]
Even though most state censorship ended before the period of redemocratization that started in 1985, Brazil still experiences a certain amount of non-official censorship today. The current legislation restricts freedom of expression concerning racism ( Paim Law) [ 1 ] and the Constitution prohibits the anonymity of journalists.
The billionaire had held out for more than five months against what he called "censorship" in a feud with a judge in one of X's largest and most coveted markets. The court shut Brazilians' access ...