Brazil Supreme Court Panel Upholds Judge's Decision to Block X Nationwide

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A Brazilian Supreme Court panel has upheld the decision of one of its justices to block billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X nationwide, according to the court’s website.

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00:00A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered the suspension of Elon Musk's social media

00:04platform X Nationwide, escalating a feud between the two men over freedom of speech, far-right

00:11accounts and misinformation.

00:13Justice Alexandre de Moraes warned Musk on Wednesday night that failure to name a local

00:18legal representative could mean that his platform was blocked.

00:23The company hasn't had a representative since earlier this month.

00:26De Moraes is basing his decision on local law requiring foreign companies to have a

00:31representative in order to receive notification of court decisions and also to take any requisite

00:36legal action.

00:38De Moraes' defenders have said that his decisions targeting X have been lawful and that they've

00:43served to protect democracy.

00:45Musk, on the other hand, has characterized de Moraes as an authoritarian censor and his

00:50claims have been amplified by Brazil's political right.

00:54Brazil is an important market for X with tens of millions of regular users and also

00:58a potentially huge growth market for Elon Musk's satellite company Starlink.

01:04And now Starlink is also in de Moraes' crosshairs.

01:07It's said that this week the judge froze its accounts apparently in an attempt to get it

01:13to pay for X's fines.

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