{"id":112056,"date":"2024-10-09T06:24:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T23:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112056"},"modified":"2024-10-09T06:24:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T23:24:44","slug":"musks-x-to-be-reinstated-in-brazil-after-complying-with-supreme-court-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112056","title":{"rendered":"Musk&#8217;s X to be reinstated in Brazil after complying with Supreme Court demands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SAO PAULO (AP) \u2014 The Brazilian Supreme Court\u2019s Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Tuesday authorized the restoration of social media platform X\u00b4s service in <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/hub\/brazil\">Brazil<\/a><\/span>, over a month after its nationwide shutdown, according to a court document that was made public.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk\u2019s X was blocked on Aug. 30 in the highly online country of 213 million people \u2014 and one of X\u2019s biggest markets, with estimates of its user base ranging from 20 to 40 million. De Moraes ordered the shutdown after a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/brazil-musk-x-twitter-moraes-bef06c0dbbb8ed87495b1afbb0edf211\">monthslong dispute with Musk<\/a><\/span> over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation. Musk had disparaged de Moraes, calling him an authoritarian and a censor, even though his rulings, including X\u2019s suspension, were repeatedly upheld by his peers.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Musk\u2019s public bravado, X ultimately complied with all of de Moraes\u2019 demands. They included blocking certain accounts from the platform, paying outstanding fines and naming a legal representative in the country. Failure to do the latter had triggered the suspension.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe resumption of (X)\u2019s activities on national territory was conditioned, solely, on full compliance with Brazilian laws and absolute observance of the Judiciary\u2019s decisions, out of respect for national sovereignty,\u201d de Moraes said in the court document.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cX is proud to return to Brazil,\u201d the company said in a statement posted on its Global Government Affairs account. \u201cGiving tens of millions of Brazilians access to our indispensable platform was paramount throughout this entire process. We will continue to defend freedom of speech, within the boundaries of the law, everywhere we operate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just two days before the ban, on Aug. 28, X said it <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/x-brazil-de-moraes-musk-censorship-social-media-a5237159da8dcba5786765b59e24ec6f\">was removing all its remaining staff in Brazil<\/a><\/span> \u201ceffective immediately,\u201d saying de Moraes had threatened with arrest its legal representative in the country, Rachel de Oliveira Villa Nova Concei\u00e7\u00e3o, if X did not comply with orders to block accounts. <\/p>\n<p>Brazilian law requires foreign companies to have a local legal representative to receive notifications of court decisions and swiftly take any requisite action \u2014 particularly, in X\u2019s case, the takedown of accounts. Concei\u00e7\u00e3o was first named X\u2019s legal representative in April and resigned four months later. The company named her to the same job on Sept. 20, according to the public filing with the Sao Paulo commercial registry.<\/p>\n<p>In an apparent effort to shield Concei\u00e7\u00e3o from potential violations by X \u2014 and risking arrest \u2014 a clause has been written into Concei\u00e7\u00e3o\u2019s new representation agreement that she must follow Brazilian law and court decisions, and that any legal responsibility she assumes on X\u2019s behalf requires prior instruction from the company in writing, according to the company\u2019s filing.<\/p>\n<p>Concei\u00e7\u00e3o works for BR4Business, a business services firm. Its two-page website provides no insight into its operations or staff. \u201cSomething great is on its way,\u201d the top of the site\u2019s main page reads in English. Its other page is an extensive privacy policy. <\/p>\n<p>At three of its listed Sao Paulo offices, receptionists told the AP that the company\u2019s offices are empty and employees work remotely. Neither Concei\u00e7\u00e3o nor BR4Business returned multiple phone calls and emails from the AP.<\/p>\n<p>There is nothing illegal or suspect about using a company like BR4Business for legal representation, but it shows that X is doing the bare minimum to operate in the country, said Fabio de Sa e Silva, a lawyer and associate professor of International and Brazilian Studies at the University of Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t demonstrate an intention to truly engage with the country. Take Meta, for example, and Google. They have an office, a government relations department, precisely to interact with public authorities and discuss Brazil\u2019s regulatory policies concerning their businesses,\u201d Silva added.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, it is rare for an established, influential company such as X to have only a legal representative, said Carlos Affonso Souza, a lawyer and director of the Institute for Technology and Society, a Rio-based think tank. And that could be problematic going forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe concern now is what comes next and how X, once back in operation, will manage to meet the demands of the market and local authorities without creating new tensions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Some of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/brazil-musk-x-bluesky-moraes-threads-meta-social-media-01d4db0f1311e98f1385e544ea47fa36\">Brazilian X\u2019s users have migrated to other platforms<\/a><\/span>, such as Meta\u2019s Threads and, primarily, Bluesky. It\u2019s unclear how many of them will return to X. In a statement to the AP, Bluesky reported that it now has 10.6 million users and continues to see strong growth in Brazil. Bluesky has appointed a legal representative in the South American country.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil was not the first country to ban X \u2014 far from it \u2014 but such a drastic step has generally been limited to authoritarian regimes. The platform and its former incarnation, Twitter, have been banned in Russia, China, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Venezuela and Turkmenistan. Other countries, such as <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pakistan-x-twitter-disruption-1f782388be6445de8e592ba1c71d045a\">Pakistan<\/a><\/span>, Turkey and Egypt, have also temporarily suspended X before, usually to quell dissent and unrest.<\/p>\n<p>X\u2019s dustup with Brazil has some parallels to the company\u2019s dealings with the Indian government three years ago, back when it was still called Twitter and before Musk purchased it for $44 billion. In 2021, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/media-social-media-india-7769b9fb470e552f5dee877ac8aaea55\">India threatened to arrest employees of Twitter<\/a><\/span> (as well as Meta\u2019s Facebook and WhatsApp), for not complying with the government\u2019s requests to take down posts related to farmers\u2019 protests that rocked the country.<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s decision to reverse course in Brazil after publicly criticizing de Moraes isn\u2019t surprising, said Matteo Ceurvels, research firm Emarketer\u2019s analyst for Latin America and Spain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe move was pragmatic, likely driven by the economic consequences of losing access to millions of users in its third-largest market worldwide, along with the millions of dollars in associated advertising revenue,\u201d Ceurvels said. \u201cAlthough X may not be a top priority for most advertisers in Brazil, the platform needs them more than they need it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Ortutay reported from San Francisco<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/brazil-x-elon-musk-supreme-court-de-moraes-e32c4b4171e78cbe8994f53713a922f7\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAO PAULO (AP) \u2014 The Brazilian Supreme Court\u2019s Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Tuesday authorized the restoration of social media platform X\u00b4s service in Brazil, over a month after its &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112056\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}