Brazilian president makes comments after supreme court votes to uphold X ban over refusal to obey court orders

The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has said he hopes the crisis surrounding the social network X in Brazil might teach the world that “it isn’t obliged to put up with [Elon] Musk’s far-right free-for-all just because he is rich”.

Lula’s comments to the network CNN Brasil came after the supreme court voted unanimously on Monday to uphold the ban on X, which is now largely inaccessible in one of its biggest global markets.

The suspension was first ordered on Friday as a result of the company’s refusal to obey court orders requiring the removal of profiles accused of spreading disinformation and for the social network to name a local legal representative.

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  • Buelldozer@lemmy.todayEnglish
    413·
    3 months ago

    Sigh. I don’t know why I keep tilting at this windmill but…

    A. There’s an appeals process.

    The Brazilian Government has never released the details on who they asked Xitter to ban nor why they were banned. They also gagged Xitter so they couldn’t tell anyone either. So what good is an appeals process if you you can’t use it because you don’t know you’ve been banned?

    Now Xitter TRIED to use it but…

    Musk could have blocked those accounts from being visible in Brazil and then had his legal representative argue that’s compliance.

    What you are suggesting is pretty much what Xitter did.

    Notice that part about “threatened to arrest our employees”? That’s why Xitter doesn’t have the required “Legal Representative”. This Judge threatened to imprison the last one and pre-emptively froze their bank accounts. This is also why Xitter closed their office in Brazil.

    There’s a LOT more going on here than “Elon Bad” but it can’t be discussed because of the volume of utter nonces who incapable of handling nuance.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
      213·
      3 months ago

      You’re going to continue tilting at windmills until you actually read your sources too. Musk brazenly told the court he would not do it, twice. There was no attempt to lock those accounts only in Brazil.