Tue Sep 03 04:56:44 UTC 2024: – Brazil’s Supreme Court ratified the decision to suspend Elon Musk’s X social network for alleged judicial transgressions
– Musk failed to comply with an order to name a new legal representative for the company in Brazil
– Musk and judge Alexandre de Moraes have been in a feud over free speech and disinformation issues
– Supreme Court judges upheld the suspension in a virtual session
– Musk reacted with fury to the order, calling Moraes an evil dictator
– The suspension came amid investigations into possible coup attempts and disinformation campaigns in Brazil
– X announced it was closing its offices in Brazil due to Moraes’s actions
– The network had about 22 million users in Brazil before the suspension.

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