Elon Musk Faces Brazil Inquiry After Vowing to Defy Judge’s Order
A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has launched an inquiry into Elon Musk after the billionaire said X would reinstate accounts that the justice had ordered blocked.
Musk over the weekend denounced the order to block accounts from Justice Alexandre de Moraes. The self-described free speech absolutist said his company would end the restrictions on the accounts, accusing Moraes of betraying the Brazilian constitution and calling for the justice to “resign or be impeached.”
It’s not clear which accounts have been ordered to be blocked or when the order was made. X’s Global Government Affairs account posted about the order on Saturday, saying it had been “forced by court decisions to block certain popular accounts in Brazil” and that it would “challenge the orders legally where possible.”