Musk calls Alexandre de Moraes a dictator again

Elon Musk once again called STF (Supreme Federal Court) minister Alexandre de Moraes a dictator and spoke about the clash between X (formerly Twitter) and the Brazilian Court. The posts were made on the night of Wednesday (April 10, 2024) and in the early hours of this Thursday (April 11).

The owner of the platform also participated in a live broadcast on the social network with Allan dos Santos, from the website Free Tuesday, with federal deputies Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG), Luiz Philippe de Orléans and Bragança (PL-SP) and senator Eduardo Girão (Novo-CE).

In one of posts, Musk comments on the speech of federal deputy Gustavo Gayer (PL-GO) at a table in the European Parliament, on Wednesday (10.Apr.2024). Among other things, the congressman says that Moraes ordered the social network to “to have criticized” right-wing publications and profiles. “Exactly. Dictator,” Musk wrote.

In another PublicationMusk wrote that X received a question from the US House of Representatives about “actions taken in Brazil that violated Brazilian law”.

In a 3rd post, Musk agrees with the statement by Luiz Philippe de Orléans and Bragança. The congressman stated that X is the only platform that refuses to “violate the law”. The others, according to the deputy, are afraid that Justice “willcome back” from them. “True,” Musk wrote.

In Spaces, an X tool designed for live voice broadcasts, Musk these that the documents released on Twitter Files Brazil are “illuminators” (read more about the case below). According to him, the company is trying to deal with the situation in a “that does not harm X employees” No brazil. “So we’re trying to get them to safety before we do anything”, he added, without detailing what was being done.

Musk stated that the situation presents “some serious concerns”. He said that “the people who were elected” for the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies should have “much more authority than they have”.

He stated: “Our concern at X is that we are being ordered by the courts to do things that are illegal”, he stated. According to the businessman, receiving an order, placed “by a judge“, what “directly violates the law” It is “strange”.

Musk these “there is no doubt” that there is a “abuse of judicial power“on a level”extreme”. According to him, justice should “execute the law“, but not “make the law”, as is happening in Brazil. “I think this is outrageous”, he stated. “This needs to stop”, he added.

One of the broadcast participants questioned whether Musk was in contact with Brazilian authorities and whether there was any attempt to ban the social network in the country. The businessman responded that there were threats to demand the removal of the platform and arrest employees.

“I don’t know if these threats will be fulfilled or not. But judging by others [casos], I think they are real”, these.

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MUSK X MORAES

Alexandre de Moraes determined on Sunday (Apr 7) the inclusion of the owner of X as being investigated in the digital militias inquiry, filed in July 2021 and which investigates groups for conduct against democracy.

The minister also opened a new investigation to investigate Elon Musk’s conduct. The magistrate wants the crime of obstruction of justice to be investigated, “including criminal organization and incitement to crime”.

Not Saturday (Apr 6), Elon Musk He asked why minister Alexandre de Moraes “Not Brazil demands so much censorship”. The businessman responded to a publication by the minister in X on January 11th.

Musk’s comment came in the wake of accusations made by American journalist Michael Shellenberger on April 3. According to Shellenberger, the minister has “led a case of widespread repression of freedom of expression in Brazil”.

The critical comments escalated the tone and Musk said that he is thinking about closing Twitter in Brazil and that he will publicize Moraes’ demands that violate laws. He also called the minister “tyrant”, “totalitarian” e “draconiano”saying he should “resign or be impeached”.

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TWITTER FILES BRAZIL

On Wednesday (April 3), North American journalist Michael Shellenberger published an alleged exchange of emails between employees of the legal sector of X in Brazil between 2020 and 2022 talking about requests and court orders received regarding the contents of their users.

The messages would show requests from various instances of the Brazilian Judiciary requesting personal data from users who used hashtags about the electoral process and content moderation.

Shellenberger specifically criticized STF (Supreme Federal Court) minister Alexandre de Moraes, criticizing him for “leading a case of widespread repression of freedom of expression in Brazil”. According to him, Moraes issued decisions by the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) that “threaten democracy in Brazil” by asking for interventions in publications by members of the National Congress and personal account data – which would violate the platform’s guidelines. The records of the processes mentioned in the case are confidential.

The case was named Twitter Files Brazil in reference to the Twitter Files originally published in 2022, after Musk purchased X, in October of that year.

At the time, Musk delivered material to journalists that indicated how the social network, in the 2020 North American elections, collaborated with United States authorities to block users and suppress stories involving the son of the country’s presidential candidate Joe Biden.

The files published by journalists include email exchanges that reveal, to some extent, how Twitter reacted to requests from governments to intervene in the policy of publishing and removing content. In some cases, the social network ended up giving in.

In the Brazilian case, Musk was not indicated as the source who provided the material, however, the businessman criticized Moraes for a few days.

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