As we previewed overnight, Elon Musk's X has been ordered 'immediately suspended' by Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes, citing the company's refusal to comply with a legal order to censor the judge's political opponents, Bloomberg reports.
Officially, the ruling was due to Musk's refusal to name a legal representative for the social network (after the judge froze his last attorney's bank accounts).
On Thursday, X's global government affairs account said that it would "not comply in secret with illegal orders," and said that it would publish Moraes' demands and related court documents for transparency.
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On August 18, Moraes sanctioned X's bank accounts in order to guarantee the payment of fines imposed by the Brazilian justice for refusing to censor content, Metropoles reports.
In response, Musk called Moraes a dictator, and said "this picture of you in prison will be real. Mark my words."
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