A recent conflict has emerged involving Elon Musk's social media platform, X, and the Brazilian government, highlighting issues of censorship and free speech. Reports indicate that the Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, allegedly visited Supreme Court Judge Gilmar Mendes, which has raised suspicions among Brazilian media of a potential conspiracy to censor the internet in Brazil. This incident has sparked a broader debate on the power of the judiciary and the ongoing discussions around free speech on social media platforms. After initially declaring war on Brazil's authoritarian judiciary, X has now quietly capitulated. Musk has also claimed that the censorship actions against elected representatives demanded by the judiciary violate Brazilian law. The House Judiciary Committee has taken an interest in these events, releasing a report titled 'The Attack on Free Speech Abroad and the Biden Administration's Silence: The Case of Brazil,' which accuses the Brazilian government of using claims of disinformation to suppress critics and outlines potential First Amendment violations.
The censorship actions against elected representatives demanded by @alexandre violate Brazilian law https://t.co/7GfwjrOuJL
🚨🇧🇷 THE BRAZIL X FILES: GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP EXPOSED BY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE The Judiciary Committee and Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government reveal extensive First Amendment violations: Social Media Coercion: Direct pressure from the Executive… https://t.co/hKIfjwmgA8 https://t.co/EazpBni5Yy
🚨NEW- House Judiciary Committee Releases Report Exposing Brazil's Censorship Regime, Warns of Threat to U.S. | Via @OvertonLive The House Judiciary Committee has unveiled a bombshell new report shedding light on Brazil's disturbing censorship campaign, titled "The Attack on… https://t.co/tuZza5PNJu
House Republicans say Brazil using claims of 'disinformation' to suppress critics on X https://t.co/jmH8aw1Zb6
🚨🇧🇷 THE BRAZIL X FILES: Brazilian Government Forced Censorship on X The House Judiciary Committee released an interim staff report: "The Attack on Free Speech Abroad and the Biden Administration's Silence: The Case of Brazil." The report exposes Brazil's censorship campaign… https://t.co/xBNaCqVqhe
Brazil’s Communist Regime Attacking Free Speech & Elon Musk - w/ Journalist Allan Dos Santos (@allanldsantos) NOW LIVE: https://t.co/67tS1PpJuX
Brazil’s Communist Regime Attacking Free Speech & Elon Musk - w/ Journalist Allan Dos Santos https://t.co/JeEvDA7gcm
Who in the Biden administration pushed Brazil to censor American media? https://t.co/3eaCM8BFLd
Brand new investigation by @JudiciaryGOP on Brazil's censorship of X & @elonmusk https://t.co/Lh7edlgPEw
🚨 BOMBSHELL: Brazilian Government Forced Censorship on X, @elonmusk Read about it here: https://t.co/YAnQesOiXV
「 LIVE 」 NPR, Brazil, Telegram: Censorship Industry Declares War on Free Speech w/ @MikeBenzCyber • @AskDrDrew https://t.co/OIzHyLqTRm
FREEDOM WINS ON X 🇧🇷 X’ competitors Google and meta have been exposed for negotiating with Brazil’s tyrants: They interfered with the election, handed out private user data and shut down Lula’s critics. But the Brazilian people know who their RIGHTFUL president is!… https://t.co/IkPocBGYvJ
Brazil’s Communist Regime Attacking Free Speech & Elon Musk - w/ Journalist Allan Dos Santos LIVE AT 8PM EST: https://t.co/67tS1Pqhkv https://t.co/Q4Z5PHoZwH
House Judiciary Probes Brazil’s Overreaching Censorship Pressure On X https://t.co/xVAjh4MpMn
NPR vs @uberliner. Brazil vs @ElonMusk. Telegram vs Google. Free speech is under attack from all angles. @MikeBenzCyber unravels the web and reveals who's at the top of the "censorship industry food chain" at 3pm PT on @AskDrDrew https://t.co/j7A939jwOj
Today, for subscribers, it's Juan David Rojas @rojasrjuand on recent events concerning Musk in Brazil https://t.co/6EnarLBrAD "The courts’ campaign of lawfare against bolsonarismo represents one of the most onerous regimes of censorship in the democratic world."
After declaring war on Brazil's authoritarian judiciary, X has now quietly capitulated. It's just the latest reminder that the whims of self-interested oligarchs are woefully inadequate to protect the online public square from censorship. @rojasrjuand: https://t.co/7FXvtl1fXd
TODAY-The crack down on Free Speech in Brazil and the attack on @elonmusk , Brazilian journalist Allan Dos Santos @allanldsantos enters the StoneZONE Watch 8 pm ET https://t.co/juqDM0oXDl https://t.co/Fstm6J4h4c
The crack down on Free Speech in Brazil and the attack on @elonmusk , Brazilian journalist Allan Dos Santos @allanldsantos enters the StoneZONE Watch 8 pm ET https://t.co/juqDM0oXDl https://t.co/6tM0fQ2p4C
Brazilian media suspects President Lula of conspiracy to censor the Brazilian Internet, which began with an attack on Elon Musk’s social platform X According to news site G1, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited the home of Supreme Court judge Gilmar Mendes in… https://t.co/hl92ZfmvXU
What the row between the X boss and an influential Brazilian judge reveals about the power of the court and the ongoing debate around free speech on social media https://t.co/aBxWC0URBN 👇