Brazilian president makes comments after supreme court votes to uphold X ban over refusal to obey court orders

The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has said he hopes the crisis surrounding the social network X in Brazil might teach the world that “it isn’t obliged to put up with [Elon] Musk’s far-right free-for-all just because he is rich”.

Lula’s comments to the network CNN Brasil came after the supreme court voted unanimously on Monday to uphold the ban on X, which is now largely inaccessible in one of its biggest global markets.

The suspension was first ordered on Friday as a result of the company’s refusal to obey court orders requiring the removal of profiles accused of spreading disinformation and for the social network to name a local legal representative.

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  • @tee900@lemmy.worldEnglish
    -41•8 months ago

    Actual discussion of the post: -1 score

    Stupid play on words comment disparaging the right: highest score in comment section

    Wish we could see how legitimate upvotes and downvotes are or if lemmy is a lot of teenagers who dont have the patience.

    Im uneducated on the politics of brazil. I think censoring might be conducted without a fully evil intent, but people’s ability to reason about validity of information should be fostered instead of disallowing certain speech. Scary to think you’d be arrested for using a social media site. Thats not okay. And its brazils decisions regardless of musk.

    • @ShinkanTrain@lemmy.mlEnglish
      45•8 months ago

      Disinformation should be downvoted. Then corrected.

      For example, you said you could be arrested for using a social media site. There’s nothing in that decision that implies this.

      • @tee900@lemmy.worldEnglish
        -8•8 months ago

        I guess im not sure what happens if you dont pay a fine. Probably getting arrested right? Because the fine is like 7.5k a day.

        • @ShinkanTrain@lemmy.mlEnglish
          15•8 months ago

          Brazil is a signatory of the American Convention on Human Rights, meaning you can’t be arrested for owing money. The sole exception is being detained for wilfully not paying alimony.

      • @tee900@lemmy.worldEnglish
        -6•8 months ago

        Sorry are you memeing or did you want to talk about something? What are you suggesting be done?

      • @intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
        -3•8 months ago

        Have you heard of the research showing conservativism is highly associated with Big Five personality traits (which are considered mostly immutable)?

        I hope you understand the implications of that finding when paired with a statement like:

        conservatism is the single biggest threat to humanity and should be eradicated