👤⁉️🇧🇷⚖️ — Elon Musk asks Brazilian minister: "Why are you demanding so much censorship in Brazil?"

➡️ Users who accessed 𝕏 in the early hours of Saturday, the 6th, came across an unusual scene: the platform owner, Elon Musk, questioned Minister Alexandre de Moraes of the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) about the escalating authoritarianism in the country.

💬 "Why are you demanding so much censorship in Brazil?" asked Elon Musk in the tweet where the judge congratulates Ricardo Lewandowski for his appointment to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security.

❗️ Alexandre de Moraes' post is from January 11 of this year, almost three months before the question from the South African billionaire.

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on 𝕏 🔗

👤⚠️🇧🇷👁⚖️ — Orwellian System: The 𝕏 Corp, through its Global Government Affairs profile, denounces that the Brazilian government is violating the Brazilian Constitution by censoring and taking down profiles on social media, through fines and blocks enforcement:

"X Corp. has been forced by court decisions to block certain popular accounts in Brazil. We have informed those accounts that we have taken this action.

We do not know the reasons these blocking orders have been issued.

We do not know which posts are alleged to violate the law.

We are prohibited from saying which court or judge issued the order, or on what grounds.

We are prohibited from saying which accounts are impacted.

We are threatened with daily fines if we fail to comply.

We believe that such orders are not in accordance with the Marco Civil da Internet or the Brazilian Federal Constitution, and we challenge the orders legally where possible.

The people of Brazil, regardless of their political beliefs, are entitled to freedom of speech, due process, and transparency from their own authorities. "

Global Government Affairs (@GlobalAffairs) on 𝕏 🖇

👤⚠️🇧🇷👁⚖️ — Elon Musk warns that Twitter/𝕏 may be shut down in Brazil

"We are lifting all restrictions. This judge has applied massive fines, threatened to arrest our employees and cut off access to 𝕏 in Brazil.

As a result, we will probably lose all revenue in Brazil and have to shut down our office there.

But principles matter more than profit."

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on 𝕏 🖇