X Shuts Down Operations In Brazil After Supreme Federal Court Justice Allegedly Threatens Legal Rep With Arrest

Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) abruptly shut down its operations in Brazil on Saturday after the company claimed Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes threatened to have a legal representative arrested over non-compliance with content removal demands, Reuters reported.

X posted the announcement Saturday, citing concerns over “censorship orders” issued by Moraes. The company claimed Moraes secretly threatened to arrest one of the company’s legal representatives in the country if they did not comply with court orders to remove certain content from the platform, Reuters reported.