Social network X owner Elon Musk has launched an account created by his organization to accuse Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes of violating the country’s constitution by ordering the suspension of the platform’s functions for promoting misinformation and refusing to appoint an administrator, as required by national law.
The @alexandrefiles account, verified and accompanied by the logo that distinguishes X’s own accounts, published an image of an alleged order from the Supreme Court of Brazil requiring the “administrator” to block seven accounts and suspend the monetization that X provides to users who pay a monthly fee.
The page accompanies this document with an extract from the Federal Constitution, specifically its articles 5 and 220, which defend “freedom of expression and thought, independent of all censorship.”
“Today we begin to shed light on the abuses of Brazilian law committed by Alexandre de Moraes,” the account states in its introductory message. “We have been forced to share these orders because there is no transparency from the court and the people being censored have no recourse to appeal.”
“Our own appeals have been ignored and now the people of Brazil are denied access to X (…) Secret justice is no justice at all. Today, we say that must change,” he added.
“I denounce the decision to block Starlink as illegal and would unduly punish other shareholders as well as ordinary Brazilians,” Musk said in a post on X. He also noted that the order was issued without due process and in secret, which he said represents an abuse of power by the magistrate.
The messages were posted by Musk on his personal account, where he encouraged his followers to join the newly created page to satisfy their curiosity “about the evil actions of the Brazilian Voldemort,” the nickname taken from the name of the villain in the ‘Harry Potter’ children’s books that the South African tycoon has used to describe the magistrate.
The government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed concern about Musk’s decisions and criticized the closure of X’s subsidiary in Brazil. According to Brazilian authorities, the stance of Moraes and the STF is a necessary response to combat disinformation and guarantee the integrity of the country’s democratic system.
Amid this context, the hashtag “O TWITTER MORREU” (“Twitter died”) went viral on the platform, reflecting the uncertainty among Brazilian users about the future of the social network in the country.
De Moraes, for his part, said that he made this decision due to X’s “non-compliance with court orders” and “attempt to not submit to the Brazilian legal system” with the intention of “establishing an environment of total impunity and lawlessness.” In this sense, he ordered the “immediate” suspension until “all court orders” are “fulfilled” and the million-dollar fines imposed on X are paid.
The situation has sparked a broad debate on freedom of expression and the role of social media in politics and justice.
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