The Tesla CEO has used his platform on X to hint that Brazilian residents should defy the judge’s order using VPNs despite the risk of fines.
A Brazilian Supreme Court panel has upheld a decision from one of its justices to suspend operations of social media platform X in the country.
In a unanimous decision on Sept. 2, a panel of five Supreme Court justices upheld Justice Alexandre de Moraes’ Aug. 30 ruling suspending X in Brazil. Moraes’ decision followed X owner Elon Musk’s refusal to name a legal representative for the firm’s operations in Brazil.
In the months before Moraes’ decision, Musk heavily criticized the Supreme Court judge on X, claiming he was “evil” and a “dictator” for his alleged “illegal political censorship” of the social media platform. It’s unclear how the X owner may respond to the court ruling now that four other justices agreed with Moraes’ ruling.
