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Elon Musk is under investigation in Brazil after violating a court order

  Elon Musk faces legal action in Brazil following a public row with a Supreme Court judge over an order requiring social media platform X to remove certain right-wing accounts. (via theguardian)

Judge Alexandre de Moraes had issued a court order forcing the website formerly known as Twitter to block many users as part of an investigation into former President Jair Bolsonaro's attempt to stay in power after losing the 2022 elections.Orderalso banned social media from publishing account details and imposed fines of up to 16,000 euros per day for non-compliance. 

Musk now says the company will change these barriers. The multi-billionaire also called for Moraes to resign or be punished.In response, a judge announced last weekend that he was opening an investigation into what he called Musk's obstruction of justice.Information regarding the court decision was leaked in what appears to be a connection to the 'Twitter dossier' that Musk made jointly with several journalists who had access to the social network.On Wednesday, American author Michael Shellenberger published more than two years of correspondence between Twitter's legal team and Brazilian courts, saying they were evidence of "gross violations of freedom.

"On Saturday, Musk responded by calling the operation "over-control" and promising to pull out all the stops. He added: “This judge imposed huge fines, threatened to arrest our workers, and blocked X from entering Brazil.”Refusing to comply, Musk predicted: “We will probably lose all our revenue in Brazil and have to close our office. But principles are more important than profits.”Within hours, Musk escalated his feud with Moraes by promising to make public "everything" requested by Twitter and the Supreme Court. He said: "This judge has betrayed, and has repeatedly betrayed, the Constitution and the Brazilian people. He must either resign or be punished." Musk.Moraes responded by launching his own investigation, supported by the current government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who criticized Musk and called for an investigation on social media.


Attorney General Messias said: "We cannot live in a society where wealthy foreigners control social media and put themselves in a position to break the law, ignore court orders and threaten our authorities." . "Social peace is non-negotiable," he said.In addition to his investigation into 'militants' supporting the Bolsonaro government and the coup plot in which hundreds of people attacked government buildings in the capital Brasilia on January 8 last year, 


Moraes is conducting a second investigation into Telegram and Google executives. Their participation in the campaign to criticize the Internet Regulation Bill.Bolsonaro released a video of his meeting with Musk in May 2022 on Saturday. The former president also asked his supporters to gather in Rio de Janeiro on April 21.

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