Rio de Janeiro, April 8: A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation late Sunday into the executive for alleged obstruction. In his decision, Justice Alexandre de Moraes noted that Musk on Saturday began waging a public 슬롯사이트œdisinformation campaign슬롯사이트� regarding the top court's actions, and that Musk continued the following day 슬롯사이트� most notably with comments that his social media company X would cease to comply with the court's orders to block certain accounts.

슬롯사이트œThe flagrant conduct of obstruction of Brazilian justice, incitement of crime, the public threat of disobedience of court orders and future lack of cooperation from the platform are facts that disrespect the sovereignty of Brazil,슬롯사이트� de Moraes wrote. Musk will be investigated for alleged intentional criminal instrumentalisation of X as part of an investigation into a network of people known as digital militias who allegedly spread defamatory fake news and threats against Supreme Court justices, according to the text of the decision.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Elon Musk in Trouble? Brazil Supreme Court Opens Inquiry Into X Owner for Obstruction.

The new investigation will look into whether Musk engaged in obstruction, criminal organisation and incitement. Brazil's political right has long characterised de Moraes as overstepping his bounds to clamp down on free speech and engage in political persecution. In the digital militias investigation, lawmakers from former President Jair Bolsonaro's circle have been imprisoned and his supporters' homes raided. Bolsonaro himself became a target of the investigation in 2021.

De Moraes' defenders have said his decisions, although extraordinary, are legally sound and necessary to purge social media of fake news as well as extinguish threats to Brazilian democracy 슬롯사이트� notoriously underscored by the Jan. 8, 2023, uprising in Brazil's capital that resembled the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection in the US Capitol. On Saturday, Musk 슬롯사이트� a self-declared free speech absolutist 슬롯사이트� wrote on X that the platform would lift all restrictions on blocked accounts and predicted that the move was likely to dry up revenue in Brazil and force the company to shutter its local office.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Elon Musk Says X Will Publish Everything Demanded by Brazil's Judge Alexandre De Moraes, Calls for His Resignation.

슬롯사이트œBut principles matter more than profit,슬롯사이트� he wrote. He later instructed users in Brazil to download a VPN to retain access if X was shut down and wrote that X would publish all of de Moraes' demands, claiming they violate Brazilian law.

슬롯사이트œThese are the most draconian demands of any country on Earth!슬롯사이트� he later wrote. Musk had not published de Moraes' demands as of late Sunday and prominent blocked accounts remained so, indicating X had yet to act based on Musk's previous pledges.

De Moraes' decision warned against doing so, saying each blocked account that X eventually reactivates will entail a fine of 100,000 reais ($20,000) per day, and that those responsible will be held legally to account for disobeying a court order. Brazil's attorney general wrote Saturday night that it was urgent for Brazil to regulate social media platforms. "We cannot live in a society in which billionaires domiciled abroad have control of social networks and put themselves in a position to violate the rule of law, failing to comply with court orders and threatening our authorities.

Social peace is non-negotiable,슬롯사이트� Jorge Messias wrote on X. Brazil's constitution was drafted after the 1964-1985 military dictatorship and contains a long list of aspirational goals and prohibitions against specific crimes such as racism and, more recently, homophobia. But freedom of speech is not absolute.

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