The investigations into the alleged crimes of “criminal and willful manipulation” of to democracy.
The decision was published by the Federal Supreme Court after the tycoon, in a message on X, accused Moraes of imposing censorship in Brazil with decisions to block different profiles on the social network for no apparent reason.
Musk had already warned, on Saturday, that he would disobey the judge's decisions even if it meant being fined and forcing him to close the company in Brazil, because, in his opinion, defending freedom of expression is more important than profits. .
“AX will soon publish all the demands made by the magistrate and how these requests violate Brazilian law. This judge has blatantly and repeatedly betrayed the Constitution and the Brazilian people. He must resign or be impeached,” said the billionaire.
In the decision, Moraes warned the social network around 100 thousand euros) for each active account.
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The dispute between Musk and Brazilian authorities began on Saturday, when X said it was forced to “block certain popular accounts in Brazil” by court decision.
Subsequently, the South African-born businessman said he would lift all restrictions imposed by the courts, despite the potential consequences, as a way to combat censorship.
"The flagrant conduct of obstruction of Brazilian Justice, the incitement to crime, the public threat of disobedience to court orders and the future lack of cooperation from the platform are facts that disrespect Brazil's sovereignty and reinforce the connection of the intentional criminal instrumentalization of the former's activities. -Twitter, currently 'X', with illicit practices investigated by the various investigations mentioned above, and should be the subject of investigation by the Federal Police“, stated the magistrate in the decision, according to the Brazilian website UOL.
Moraes also warned that “Social media is not a lawless land and it is no man's land“, and that they must absolutely respect Brazilian laws.
Also on Sunday, Brazilian congresswoman Gleisi Hoffmann, president of the Workers' Party (PT), led by the country's President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, accused Musk of threatening democracy in Brazil with attacks on the judiciary.
The parliamentarian said that, with the repeated attacks on the Brazilian Justice and the Electoral Court, the tycoon “directly threatens the democratic rule of law and Brazilian institutions”.
