Conflito entre Elon Musk e o Supremo Tribunal do Brasil sobre censura e liberdade de expressão.
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A polémica subiu de tom há dias, mas já durava há algumas semanas.
Em causa o juiz Alexandre Moraes, que está à frente do Supremo Tribunal Brasileiro, que terá exigido a partilha de dados pessoais de utilizadores que tenham feito publicações impróprias e mandar censurar publicações de políticos com os quais não concorda.
O verniz estalou no sábado, quando o próprio Elon Musk, na rede social, respondeu a uma publicação do juiz questionando o porquê de haver tanta censura no país, acrescentando que iria desbloquear todas as contas porque é preciso, explica, haver liberdade de expressão.
Acusou ainda a Justiça do Brasil de ter aplicado multas, ameaçado os funcionários com penas de prisão e referiu que provavelmente os escritórios do X no Brasil terão de fechar portas.
Translation
The controversy escalated a few days ago, but it had been going on for weeks.
At issue is Judge Alexandre Moraes, who heads the Brazilian Supreme Court and is said to have demanded the sharing of personal data of users who have made inappropriate posts and ordered the censoring of posts by politicians with whom he disagrees.
The furor erupted on Saturday when Elon Musk himself responded on social media to a post by the judge questioning why there was so much censorship in the country, adding that he would unblock all accounts because, he explains, there needs to be freedom of expression.
He also accused the Brazilian courts of imposing fines and threatening employees with prison sentences and said that X’s offices in Brazil would probably have to close.
Source: Antena 1, Noticiário, Apr 8, 2024.
