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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Alex Hern and Tom Phillips

Elon Musk faces Brazil inquiry after defying X court order

Elon Musk
Elon Musk described the Brazilian judge’s actions as ‘aggressive censorship’. Photograph: NurPhoto via Getty Images

Elon Musk faces a legal investigation in Brazil after becoming embroiled in a public row with a supreme court judge over an order requiring the social network X to take down some far-right accounts.

Justice Alexandre de Moraes had issued a court order forcing the site formerly known as Twitter to block several users as part of his investigation into the former president Jair Bolsonaro’s attempts to stay in power after his 2022 election defeat.

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