WSJ's Tim Higgins on Brazil X ban: Musk's crusade on free speech is affecting his other businesses

Tim Higgins, Wall Street Journal business columnist, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss Brazil's ban of the social media platform X, how the ban is affecting other parts of Elon Musk's businesses, and more.

[ALJVD]

Brazils mental health about to improve.

[Ballistic-vnem]

Laws are laws and no billionaire will change that.
Respect our Brazilians laws or GO AWAY!

[ALuizRG]

By any chance, do you think China is a democratic country with freedom of expression? So why doesn’t Elon Musk criticize China, where X is also banned? The answer is that the owner of X maintains Tesla factories in China, including the most modern one. So what he does is not for democracy, but for profit.
And is Saudi Arabia a democratic country with freedom of expression? No. So why doesn’t Elon Musk criticize the Saudi regime, where X is also banned? The answer is that a large part of the funding for Elon Musk's companies comes from Saudi Arabia.
So he is not concerned about democracy, but about his profits.

[fredrik]

Musk's crusade on free speech should start by allowing ElonJet back on Twitter.

Or is ElonJet's free speech something else?

[ryryzam]

He doesn't seem to have a problem when it is an authoritarian regimes.

[thabom]

Well done, Brazil. No one is above national legislation.

[frujf]

Finally, a country did what a lot of other countries should do. Free speech is not a license to lie and spread hate speech.

[bartomalatesta]

Let's not forget that the Brazilian Supreme Court asked to ban 7 accounts. That's right, SEVEN accounts, who all were breaking Brazilian law.

[px]

Musk's crusade on free speech?! What planet are you from?

[jorual]

Congratulations to the Brazilian Justice system for acting firmly and independently. The decisions of the legal institutions of sovereign countries must be respected. Freedom of expression and opinions must be respected, as long as they comply with the law and do not act as instruments of social and political instability in sovereign nations through the dissemination of fake news. Turkey, Georgia, Ukraine and other countries face this type of problem.

[BR-.]

here in my country has laws
or respect or get out

[marionpupp]

Finnaly a crusade that IS worth fight for.

[bhavikshah]

Elon Musk can cry, dance etc etc no one is dying without his racist app

[ulfw]

Has nothing to do with "Free Speech" and everything with Elon Reeve Musk being an idiot

[vpillajr]

Who knows the Brazilian laws? The Brazilian Supreme Court or a rich foreigner without any formal education in law? Starlink got the Supreme Court's attention too since a 2012 Brazilian law, in accordance with and inspired by legislation against terrorism and organized crime in the US and other countries, allows companies from the same group or that have common owners (in this case, the famous character) to be included in the consequences of the process of one of them.

[binkibinks]

Speak of the principle of free spreech in the face of censorship! And what is Elon’s motive for upholding that RIGHT! Not priviledge!

[simonbreetzke]

“If you are so afraid of allowing someone to speak, then maybe, if you are that afraid, and you would want to ban them for life, you must believe that your own position is pretty indefensible……” Huckabee

[nicaciogilson]

There’s two things you should do when you work in Brasil : first obey the laws! Second Brazilian constitution. If you don’t wanna do it, get out
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[nmk]

I don't have a dog in this fight, but the idea Musk cares about free speech is childish.

[guitarjunkie]

Similar crap happens with the current administration in the US. Its time for WE THE PEOPLE to take back our country.