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X claims Moraes secretly threatened one of its legal representatives in Brazil with arrest if it did not comply with legal orders to take down some content from its platform.
The X service remains available to the people of Brazil, billionaire Elon Musk's platform said on Saturday. (Representative picture)
Sao Paulo,UPDATED: Aug 17, 2024 21:43 IST
In Short
Cites censorship by Brazilian Judge MoraesMoraes allegedly threatened X's legal representativeBrazil's Supreme Court silent on issueMedia platform X said on Saturday it would close its operations in Brazil "effective immediately" due to what it called "censorship orders" from Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes.
X claims Moraes secretly threatened one of its legal representatives in Brazil with arrest if it did not comply with legal orders to take down some content from its platform. Brazil's Supreme Court, where Moraes has a seat, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The X service remains available to the people of Brazil, billionaire Elon Musk's platform said on Saturday.
Published By:
Ashutosh Acharya
Published On:
Aug 17, 2024
