Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has said his clash with Elon Musk over social network X shows that the world is not “obligated to put up with [the tech mogul]’s far-right anything goes [agenda] just because he is rich.” The comments made during an interview with CNN Brasil come after Brazil‘s Supreme Court voted unanimously to uphold a ban on X in the country on Monday.
Lula’s government had on Friday ordered the ban after X refused to obey court orders to remove profiles that were considered to be spreading disinformation.
Brazil also wanted X to name a local legal representative, which had not happened. “The Brazilian justice system may have given an important signal that the world is not obliged to put up with Musk’s extreme right-wing anything goes [agenda] just because he is rich,” the Brazilian President said on Monday.
Brazil’s courts have been cracking down on misinformation and online hate speech, closing down numerous accounts in the process.
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