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Joshua Wolens

The judge Elon Musk bizarrely called 'Brazil's Darth Vader' gives Twitter 24 hours to comply with court order or get shut down by the full power of his legal battle station

Elon Musk at the EEI 2023 event in Austin, Texas, US, on Tuesday, June 13, 2023.

In the latest in a long string of calamities, cringe moments, and baffling upsets that have marked Elon Musk's stewardship of the platform formerly known as Twitter, a Brazilian judge has given the site 24 hours to appoint a legal representative in the country or have its local operations shut down completely (via AP).

The judge is Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes, and Musk has clashed with him before—even mocking him as "Brazil's Darth Vader" in a tweet earlier this year. Back in April, Moraes ordered an investigation into Musk over the spread of fake news and a separate probe focused on obstruction, incitement, and criminal organisation. 

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