Judge investigating 2023 coup was court bomb target, say Brazilian police Police name 59-year-old with explosive devices said to have killed himself after trying to enter court in Brasília The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2024
Musk's X Returns In Brazil After 40-day Showdown With Judge Elon Musk's social media platform X, which was banned in Brazil for 40 days in a legal tussle over disinformation, was available again in the country on Wednesday. International Business Times · Oct 9, 2024
Brazil lifts ban on X after Elon Musk complies with court demands Social platform was blocked after tech billionaire failed to name local representatives and pay fines The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2024
Brazil Lifts X Ban After Elon Musk Pays Fines and Complies with Supreme Court Demands The platform was blocked on August 30 by the court after failing to remove accounts accused of spreading disinformation Latin Times · Oct 8, 2024
Brazil Lifts Ban On Musk's X, Ending Standoff Over Disinformation Brazil's Supreme Court said Tuesday it was lifting a ban on Elon Musk's social network X, which was blocked in its biggest Latin American market for over a month amid a row over disinformation. International Business Times · Oct 8, 2024
Musk's X to be reinstated in Brazil after complying with Supreme Court demands The Brazilian Supreme Court’s Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Tuesday authorized the restoration of social media platform X´s service in Brazil, over a month after its nationwide shutdown, according to a statement posted on the court’s website The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2024
X Pays $5 Million In Fines To Wrong Bank In Brazil: Report The social media giant is seeking to resume operations in the South American country, where owner Elon Musk has been feuding with a Supreme Court justice. International Business Times · Oct 5, 2024
X Agrees To Pay Brazil Fines, Court Orders Finances Unblocked A Brazilian judge on Tuesday ordered the unblocking of the bank accounts of Elon Musk's X in the country after the social media platform agreed to pay more than $5 million in fines. International Business Times · Oct 2, 2024
X requests it be reinstated in Brazil after complying with judge's orders, source says A source says billionaire Elon Musk’s social media site X has complied with Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes’ orders, and requested its service be reestablished in the country The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2024
Elon Musk's X Complies With Demands From Brazilian Supreme Court to be Unblocked in the Country The social media platform named a legal representative in the country and blocked accounts that a justice said spread misinformation and undermined Brazilian democracy Latin Times · Sep 23, 2024
After railing against the 'Darth Vader' of the Brazilian Supreme Court and getting Twitter banned in the country, Elon Musk is giving in to the court orders that started it all This is likely yet another masterful feint straight from the pages of Sun Tzu or Niccolò Machiavelli… PC Gamer · Sep 22, 2024
Musk's X Platform Takes First Step Toward Lifting Brazil Ban Social media platform X has named a legal representative in Brazil -- a first step toward being able to resume service in the country -- but its suspension will continue until it meets further requirements, a judge has ruled. International Business Times · Sep 21, 2024
Elon Musk backs down in his fight with Brazilian judges to restore X The platform agrees to appoint a legal representative in Brazil, pays fines and takes down user accounts that the court had ordered removed The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2024
Writers and Academics Applaud Brazil's Censorship in Open Letter The worldwide erosion of support for free speech continues. Reason · Sep 20, 2024
The Guardian - US · Sep 19, 2024 Brazil top judge accuses X of ‘willful’ circumvention of court-ordered block Justice Alexandre de Moraes imposes $900,000 daily fine on banned social media platform in dispute with Elon Musk
International Business Times · Sep 19, 2024 Brazil Judge Orders X To Reimpose Block Or Face Hefty Fine Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Elon Musk's X to suspend access to the social network, after service was restored despite a ban, or face a daily fine of over $900,000.
International Business Times · Sep 19, 2024 X Says Brazil Service Restoration 'Inadvertent' And 'Temporary' Elon Musk's X social network said on Wednesday that the restoration of its services in Brazil, where it had been shut down, was "inadvertent and temporary."
International Business Times · Sep 18, 2024 X Update Allows App To Bypass Brazil Ban: Internet Providers Elon Musk's X social network carried out an automatic update overnight on phone applications that allowed it to bypass a ban in Brazil, an association of internet providers said Wednesday.
Latin Times · Sep 16, 2024 Brazilian Supreme Court judge seizes millions from Musk's Starlink accounts to pay for X fines The move was questioned by local analysts, but Justice Alexandre de Moraes said they are part of a "de facto economic group"
The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2024 By showing Musk’s X the red card, has Brazil scored a goal for all democracies? A Brazilian justice ordering the platform to be blocked until it complies with state laws is a first among non-autocratic nations
International Business Times · Sep 13, 2024 Brazil Judge Seizes $3 Million From Musk To Pay X Fines Brazil's Supreme Court said Friday that a judge has ordered the transfer of some $3 million from Elon Musk's companies to pay fines incurred by his social network X, which has been suspended in the country.
Reason · Sep 12, 2024 Glenn Greenwald: Why Did Brazil Ban X? Glenn Greenwald discusses Brazil's ban of X, the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov, and the global crackdown on speech on Just Asking Questions.
Fortune · Sep 11, 2024 Free speech faces death by 1,000 cuts as tech, media, and politics clash Rapidly shifting political agendas, corporate interests, and societal and technological forces are nibbling away at our ability to express ideas freely.
International Business Times · Sep 10, 2024 Brazil's Shutdown Of X Fans Debate Over Free Speech Curbs Is Brazil's shutdown of Elon Musk's X a drastic but necessary move in the global fight against disinformation, or pure censorship?
The Conversation · Sep 9, 2024 Elon Musk’s feud with Brazilian judge is much more than a personal spat − it’s about national sovereignty, freedom of speech and the rule of law It is easy to get distracted by the barbs, swipes and bluster of the ongoing and very public spat between the world’s richest man and a fierce justice on Brazil’s highest court. Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, posts regularly of his contempt for Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de…