Brazil shuts down X Network – News

On Wednesday night, De Moraes had warned Musk that he would order the shutdown of Brazil’s X network if the billionaire did not comply with orders from his appointed representatives. He gave Musk 24 hours to do so.

When the judge Associated Press After receiving “no response”, he ordered Brazil’s telecom regulator Anatel to block the X network and confirm to the court that it had done so within 24 hours.

Musk harshly criticized the Brazilian judge’s decision on his network. He wrote: “Free speech is the foundation of democracy, and an unelected pseudo judge in Brazil is destroying it for political reasons.” He also said that Brazil’s “number one source of truth” was being shut down.

As of this month, Musk’s company has no representation in Brazil. De Morais stressed that X will continue to be blocked in Brazil until Musk complies with the court order.

Brazil is an important market for X. Meanwhile, the platform has faced a loss of advertisers since Musk acquired the network (while still using the Twitter name) in 2022. Analyst firm eMarketer reports that about 40 million Brazilians, or about a fifth of the country’s population, use X at least once a month.

according to Reuters Judge Moraes also imposed a fine of 50,000 reais (nearly 310,000 crowns) per day for any person or company that attempts to maintain access to the X network, for example by using remote VPN connections.

De Moraes accused Network X of not cooperating with Brazilian authorities, for example by refusing court orders to remove certain content. For example, some accounts of far-right representatives spread hate content and false information on social networks. In order to pay the fine, a Brazilian judge on Thursday blocked the account of another of Musk’s companies, Starlink, which sells internet connections in Brazil.