The decision comes after a months-long feud between a judge and X’s owner Musk over censorship and disinformation. Telecommunications regulators in Brazil have begun the process of blocking X after the Supreme Court ordered the suspension of the social media platform for failing to meet a deadline to appoint a…
Brazil’s telecommunications regulator said on Friday it was suspending access to Elon Musk’s X social network in the country to comply with an order from a judge who has been locked in a months-long feud with the billionaire investor. The popular social media platform missed a court-imposed deadline on Thursday…
The judge has ordered the full and immediate suspension of X in the country until all related court orders on X are complied with. A Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered on Friday the “immediate suspension” of social media platform X in the country after a court-imposed deadline expired for the…
At issue is whether de Moraes can order the social network to block certain accounts, a request that Musk denounces as censorship. Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes has moved to block the financial accounts of billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink as an ongoing feud leaves his social media platform…
By harnessing their political power, members of the Venezuelan diaspora, like Arellano, are hoping to make a difference from their host countries in Latin America, where a majority of the diaspora is settled. Heads of state in the region are spearheading negotiations with the Maduro government. Colombia and Brazil, allies…
Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes says platform faces ban unless Musk names legal representative within 24 hours. Brazil’s top court has threatened to ban X unless its billionaire owner Elon Musk names a legal representative in the Latin American country within 24 hours. Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes…
Panel expected to call on several key figures in bid to prevent repeat of deadly crash north of Sao Paulo. Brazil’s Congress has announced the formation of a committee to oversee an investigation into a plane crash earlier this month that killed 62 people. Lower House Speaker Arthur Lira authorised…
Media platform X said on Saturday it would close its operations in Brazil “effective immediately” due to what it called “censorship orders” by Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes. X, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, claims Moraes secretly threatened one of the company’s legal representatives in the South American country with…
From raids to rescues, a survivor of slave labour uncovers the exploitation of workers on Brazilian coffee farms. Jorge Ferreira’s life has been shaped by the coffee farms that surround his home in Brazil, the world’s main producer of coffee. As a young man, he worked in the Minas Gerais…
Social media platform says shutdown ‘effective immediately’ but Brazilian users will still have access to X. Social media giant X has announced it will shutter its operations in Brazil following a legal tussle with a top Brazilian judge over the platform’s rights and responsibilities to counter disinformation. The platform, previously…
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