Brazilian court orders block on Twitter after it refuses to appoint a legal agent there

The move also illustrated the sheer power of Mr. Musk and his business empire. Having built or bought leading companies with increasing control over how people connect and communicate, Mr. Musk is trying to leverage that influence to confront authorities and challenge laws he does not like.

Which is why he must be smacked down, and smacked down hard, for all our sakes.

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Like we often say in Brazil: I bite my own tongue: The Supreme Court has vote:Xis still blocked in Brazil.

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According to the president of the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency, Mr. Carlos Baigorri, Musk’s Starlink could lose its permission to operate in Brazil. If the American company does not comply with the court order and does not block access to Xis, an administrative proceeding will be opened and Starlink may stop providing Internet access in the country.

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Ah yes “fake” judge, “election interference”… could he not at least pretend this has something to do with Brazil rather than the audience he’s grandstanding to? You know, the only one that would potentially take this Augean pile of horseshit seriously.

Want to do business somewhere; obey the law. Not too difficult for us non billionaires to understand. But then we haven’t spent years being told “yes sire. Genius” to all the stupidest ideas a human has ever expressed.

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Unlike in the United States, the conspiracy theory about the presidential election has almost completely lost its force here. Neither Mr. Bolsoaro nor his children or his most faithful acolytes insist on this.

But it may be that this request for complaints against Mr. Alexandre de Moares resurfaces some fake news. Could Mr. Musk be sued by replicating these things? I know that American citizens who commit crimes abroad can be prosecuted by American justice.

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Yeah. My point was his intended audience for these horse leavings are American. Nobody else.

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Good luck Mr. Musk.

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Keep this up and your private jet will be shuttling between the US and a few Middle Eastern petrostates.

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Elno, not you Crazy Cat!

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After Mr. Musk bragged that he would not comply with any Brazilian court order, Starlink begins blocking Xis across the country. Not a single asset of the company was unfrozen by the court until now.

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[Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet - Wikipedia]

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Maybe we should get an temporary extension for this topic?

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