Why is Brazil's supreme court shutting down social media platform X? | DW News

A judge in Brazil has ordered social media platform X to be shut down in the country, after the company again flouted an order he had issued.
X's owner Elon Musk has become embroiled in a public dispute with Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes, who ordered X to deactivate several accounts. Justice Moraes says he's tackling political disinformation and attacks on Brazilian democracy. Elon Musk said the judge was censoring right-wing voices and refused to comply. Brazil's left-wing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has also weighed in, declaring that Musk is not above the law.

00:00 Judge orders ban of social media platform X in Brazil
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[GolDRoger-fxfp]

He don't agree with censorship but he already censored his workers to speak their grievances to the public..

[MeritMarin]

My account was banned without me even posting anything. I just had it to see what's going on and I can't appeal it. No loss to me here, but X isn't always as invested in allowing everyone on their platform as they are when it comes to protecting "right wing voices".

[nenasiek]

American law doesnt apply outside the u.s. many americans dont understand that.

[davidbentley]

Shutting down calls for a military coup and taking down posts doxing police officers is not censorship.

[NANICU]

Does Elon accept X's ban in China as well? Why isn't he as vocal about that?

[Rastloese]

Musk: "A duly elected senator" (Who incited an insurrection). Hmmmm

[cristianoaragao]

If you don’t respect our laws, you’ll be banned.

[rosemariemontier]

Very simple. Mr. Musk think he can go to countries and violate its laws. No, he can’t. All Brazil is asking is to Mr.Musk to have a representative from his office in the country and pay his fees. That’s all.

[lou]

There is no censorship issue here. The Brazilian constitution guarantees an individual right to expression and speech, but nowhere does it state that a citizen has a right to public media or a bigger megaphone on network television, radio or on social media. You can write a book and publish it on your own, but no publishing firm has an obligation to distribute your writings. Corporate media practices "censorship" on a daily basis - it's called editing.

[rodolfoteixeira]

For those who don't understand why the accounts were had to be taken down,
In Brazil it is forbidden to spread lies and misinformation for political purposes.
It's not a matter of censorship, it is a matter of justice and compliance, that Mr Musk is not immune to just because he's rich.

[daniels]

Canada should also shut down Twitter (X). We've got more than enough reasons.

[rdmeneze]

If X wants to be ilat Brazil, have to follow the brazilian laws.

[jls]

It’s funny, ‘cause in Europe, Australia and Saudi Arabia, he never said anything about. But, in Brazil, it’s censorship… he just want power and doesn’t care about freedom of speech.
In Brazil there are laws. Respect it.

[alexandrerodrigues]

Why? Simply: he refused to comply to a supreme court decision of a sovereign country. I think the question makes no sense then. A person, as rich as he or she may be, or with whatever ego and arrogance they may have, is not more important than any country's law system. Easy to understand, isn't it?

[Krusty]

He tries to circumvent laws in Sweden too. Union-related. Seems to me that he dislikes when people have rights or when he can't do what he wants.

[findingretirement]

Looks like those accounts got banned after all Musk... right along with all the others. That was bigly smart..

[ANTheWhizkid]

Id appreciate it if Europe banned this as well.
Cmon Europe, you can do it.

[alessandrocasol]

X accepts a lot of requests like this and is documented. He’s not a knight o freedom of speech

[RobVespa]

The US, UK and other countries should do the same.

[furrybear]

What a win for Brazilian society goodbye mega sewer