Elon Musk Has Backed Himself Into a Corner in Brazil

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September 6, 2024, 10:00 AM

• •Brazil has blocked X over Elon Musk's defiance of court orders to remove content that the country's electoral body considers to be a threat to the integrity of its elections.
• •Musk has likened the country's top court justice to a dictator and accused him of censorship.
• •The move is the latest in a series of clashes between Musk and Brazilian authorities over the company's content moderation policies.

Elon Musk has managed to lose X access to its third largest market and reportedly more than 40 million users. The decision was made by Brazil's Superior Electoral Court, which accused Musk of allowing accounts that were accused of spreading hate speech and disinformation to remain on the platform. Musk has likened Moraes to a dictator, alleging that the court is forcing censorship.

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