Brazil Judge Orders Probe Of Musk Over Censorship Charge

Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, faces an investigation by Brazilian authorities over accusing a judge of censorship for blocking certain social media accounts suspected of spreading disiniformation (Credit: AFP)

A Supreme Court judge in Brazil ordered an investigation Sunday of Elon Musk after the mogul criticized the magistrate and accused him of censorship for blocking social media accounts suspected of spreading disinformation.

In an order seen by AFP, Judge Alexandre de Moraes accused the owner of X of "criminal instrumentalization" of the platform.