Brazil’s telecommunications regulator said it has begun suspending access to social media platform X in the country, complying with a judge’s order in a months-long dispute with the platform’s billionaire owner, Elon Musk.
A Brazilian Supreme Court judge ordered X’s “immediate suspension” in the country after the court’s deadline for the company to identify a legal representative in Brazil expired.
Elon Musk said Judge Alexandre de Moraes was trying to impose unwarranted censorship, while the judge insisted that social media sites need to be regulated to combat hate speech.
“They are shutting down the number one source of truth in Brazil,” Musk added in a post on X.
