“One Saturday morning at the end of August, I wake up here in Rio, look at my phone, and for the first time since I lived in China, where I was a correspondent before I came here, I look at my phone and Twitter is working not.”
The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillipstell Michael Safi how Elon Musk got into a feud with Brazil’s government.
Brazil’s Supreme Court banned X, formally known as Twitter, in response to Musk’s refusal to comply with court orders requiring the removal of X profiles accused of spreading disinformation and failing to name a local legal representative.
“Musk decided not to comply with Brazilian law,” says Phillips. “He decided not to meet that deadline, which is why X was blocked. So it was a very dramatic turn.”
What could the dispute mean for Brazilians who rely on Musk-owned Starlink devices for internet connectivity?
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