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  Brazil’s supreme court upholds ban on Elon Musk’s X over ‘illegal conduct’
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AuthorTom Phillips
News DateMonday, September 2, 2024 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionMembers of Brazil’s supreme court have unanimously voted to uphold the ban on X, after Elon Musk’s refusal to comply with local laws led to the social network being blocked in one of its biggest markets.

On Monday, five of the court’s justices were asked to consider Friday’s decision to temporarily banish X from Brazil, where the platform has more than 21 million users. By lunchtime all five had voted in favour of the ban.

Casting his vote in favour of X’s continued suspension, Flávio Dino said the company’s decision to “deliberately” ignore a court order to name a legal representative in Brazil suggested it “considered itself above the rule of law”.

Such behaviour risked turning X into an “outlaw”, Dino added, indicating that he could revisit his decision in the future if the company corrected its “illegal conduct”.

“Economic power and the size of one’s bank account do not produce some strange immunity from jurisdiction,” Dino argued, warning of the risks of “private autocrats” being allowed to lay down the laws of social networks.

Judge Cristiano Zanin also backed the ban, citing how X had “systematically” flouted supreme court orders, first to block accounts that were allegedly spreading disinformation and then to name a local representative.
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D:11714ZT08 ( -7.6004 points)
Tue, September 3, 2024 02:43:34 PM UTC0:00
As the old saying goes, play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
 
D:1RP ( 5508.0200 points)
x5
Tue, September 3, 2024 03:04:07 PM UTC0:00
Musk is such a hypocrite with his "extreme free speech" stuff. He arbitrarily imposes tons of censorship on his platform on his own whims and ideologies (as is his right as the owner of a private service) but then screams "free speech" anytime anyone else does the same thing.

All countries have had some regulations on media companies for all of history. Free speech does not stretch to illegal activity such as child pornography or libel or drug sales or tons of other illegal activities and countries have regulation to make sure your platform is not facilitating these illegal transactions.
 
I:9951E Pluribus Unum ( -405.4800 points)
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Tue, September 3, 2024 04:20:14 PM UTC0:00
Many have pointed this out. But when India And Turkey openly asked Elon Musk to do literal Censorship against their opposition, he complied EASILY.

Meanwhile when Lula asks him to simply ban misinfo accounts, He would rather lose ALL of Brazil than do so.

Almost as if.....its not a free speech issue, its a partisan issue