[chihwei]

So what crime did X commit to? Or it refused to censor your opponent and made you angry?

[tbrownaw]

Presumably refusing to censor things that the government there wanted censored? AIUI most of the rest of the world doesn't have our legal prohibitions against the government doing that.

[pasabagi]

No need to presume: you can read the article. "dissemination of defamatory fake news and another probe over possible obstruction, incitement and criminal organization."

Which is fair enough, I think.

[grugagag]

And yet big companies bow to countries such as China under the ‘it’s all just business’ mantra. Brazil isn’t China but they’re not some small islands either, they can challenge SV and that is a good thing.

[defrost]

X-Twitter doesn't refuse to censor opponents though, eg:

Twitter blocked 122 accounts in India at the government’s request https://restofworld.org/2023/twitter-blocked-access-punjab-a...

Elon Musk caved to government pressure to censor tweets ahead of the Turkish election. https://www.businessinsider.com/free-speech-censorship-elon-...

[blackeyeblitzar]

Twitter’s argument, which they’re trying to make in Brazil through the justice system, is that the orders to censor (by one Supreme Court justice) aren’t constitutional under Brazilian law. In those other cases, Twitter abided by local law as they claimed they would.

[chihwei]

They didn't fight last one doesn't imply what they are fighting this time is not justified.

[EasyMark]

I don’t think he has a personal squabble with the Indian government though which is what is going on between him, twitter, and brazil’s government.

[hyfgfh]

Can't read the news just the headline? Maybe that's the crime!

[gchamonlive]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65246394

But I guess the rules play differently when you are a billionaire, so here we are.

[chihwei]

So you think it's a crime to allow people speak things you don't like?

[ripjaygn]

> "Do you see a rise of hate speech?" Mr Musk said. "I don't."

> He asked our reporter James Clayton for specific examples of hateful content.

> When he couldn't pinpoint individual messages, Mr Musk said: "You don't know what you're talking about… you just lied.

That is hilarious, thanks for the article.

And I don't see examples of crimes committed by X or Musk in there?

[Kamq]

I mean... Brazil's a sovereign country, so whatever crime Brazil decides they did?

The law's about power, not rationality.

[dyauspitr]

No, it selectively censors my side and lets my “opponent” off scott free.

[wewtyflakes]

:shrug: I don't use X, so I don't get caught up in it. I am just making an outsider's perspective to both X and the Brazilian Supreme Court. I see articles posted constantly about both, and they both stir up controversy.

[chihwei]

I think you implied your opinion on this.