Tue Sep 03 02:25:53 UTC 2024: – Brazil’s Supreme Court ratified the decision to suspend Elon Musk’s X social network for alleged judicial transgressions.
– The platform was blocked in the country after Musk failed to comply with an order to name a new legal representative for the company.
– Musk and judge Alexandre de Moraes have been in a feud over free speech and disinformation.
– The Supreme Court upheld Moraes’s ruling in a virtual session.
– Musk reacted with fury, calling Moraes an “evil dictator.”
– The standoff began when Moraes suspended X accounts of Bolsonaro supporters.
– Brazilian authorities are investigating a potential coup attempt by Bolsonaro.
– Musk is also under investigation for allegedly using public money for disinformation campaigns.
– The suspension of X occurred just before municipal elections in Brazil.
– X had around 22 million users in Brazil before the suspension.

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