Brazilian Supreme Court and X’s Challenges
X’s Global Government Relations department made a statement about the developments in recent days. In the statement, it was stated that Brazilian Supreme Court President Alexandre de Moraes “threatened with arrest” against X’s legal representative in the country if he did not comply with the censorship orders.
In the statement, it was stated that Moraes made these threats with a “secret order” and said, “Considering the situations such as the disregard of our numerous applications to the Supreme Court, the Brazilian public not being informed about these orders, and the fact that our Brazilian employees do not have any responsibility or control over content blocking on the platform.” “Instead of respecting legal processes, Moraes chose to threaten our staff in Brazil.” It was said.
In the statement, it was emphasized that the decision was taken to “close the office in Brazil with immediate effect” in order to protect the safety of the staff. However, it was shared that service X would continue to be offered to the Brazilian public, and it was noted that the responsibility for this situation belonged “only” to Moraes.
The statement also said, “His actions are incompatible with the principles of democratic government. The Brazilian people have a choice before them: Democracy or Alexandre de Moraes?” An evaluation was made as follows.
Elon Musk, the owner of X, stated in his statement on the subject that the decision to close its offices in Brazil was a difficult step. “If we had given in to Alexandre de Moraes’ (illegal) demands for secret censorship and the handover of private information, we would have no way to explain our actions without embarrassment,” Musk said. he said
