Sun Sep 08 06:04:13 UTC 2024: – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro rallied thousands of protesters in Sao Paulo to protest against the ban of social media platform X
– Bolsonaro criticized Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, responsible for the ban
– The ban was due to X’s refusal to comply with Brazilian law
– Bolsonaro called for the protest as a defense of free speech and democracy
– Bolsonaro has had clashes with De Moraes in the past over electoral fraud claims
– De Moraes led the court to ban Bolsonaro from office until 2030 for spreading false information
– Bolsonaro continues to make false claims about the 2022 election and the January 8 riots in Brasilia