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The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has said he hopes the crisis surrounding the social network X in Brazil might teach the world that “it isn’t obliged to put up with [Elon] Musk’s far-right free-for-all just because he is rich”.

Lula’s comments to the network CNN Brasil came after the supreme court voted unanimously on Monday to uphold the ban on X, which is now largely inaccessible in one of its biggest global markets.

The suspension was first ordered on Friday as a result of the company’s refusal to obey court orders requiring the removal of profiles accused of spreading disinformation and for the social network to name a local legal representative.

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[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A. There's an appeals process.

B. If we accept a Chinese version of Google then there's no reason we can't accept a Brazilian version of X.

Musk could have blocked those accounts from being visible in Brazil and then had his legal representative argue that's compliance. That would put the ball back in Brazil's court. Instead Tony Stark wannabe is trying to just go around the government, violating it's sovereignty. Something most countries take pretty poorly.

So we actually don't know if Brazil would have required X to ban them globally. Nobody tested that.

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

B. If we accept a Chinese version of Google then there's no reason we can't accept a Brazilian version of X.

You understand Google is banned in China because they wouldn't accept censure right?

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

You understand Google is banned in China because they wouldn't accept censure right?

You understand that when people complain about that they argue that the law is bad, they don't argue that Google should be allowed to ignore the law and keep operating anyway.

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I do, just like how VPN companies, Github, etc do

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

(although github eventually somewhat complied unfortunately)

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