Elon Musk's social media platform, X, announced the immediate closure of its operations in Brazil, citing "censorship orders" from Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes. X claims that Moraes secretly threatened one of its legal representatives with arrest if the platform did not comply with orders to remove certain content. The social media platform remains available to Brazilian users. The move follows Moraes' earlier actions to block accounts spreading misinformation under former President Bolsonaro. Musk condemned Moraes' actions as unconstitutional.
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00:00It's Benzinga, and here's what's on the block.
00:02Elon Musk's social media platform X announced the immediate closure of its operations in
00:07Brazil, citing censorship orders from Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes.
00:12X claims that Moraes secretly threatened one of its legal representatives with arrest if
00:16the platform did not comply with orders to remove certain content.
00:19The social media platform remains available to Brazilian users.
00:23The move follows Moraes' earlier actions to block accounts spreading misinformation
00:27under former president Bolsonaro.
00:29Musk condemned Moraes' actions as unconstitutional.
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