X closes operations in Brazil, blames judge’s ‘censorship’ orders

Social media platform X is shuttering its operations in Brazil “immediately” after the country’s top judge allegedly threatened to arrest the company’s legal representative in secret for not complying with orders to shut down certain accounts, the company posted Saturday.

X’s global government affairs team on Saturday accused the judge of “censorship” and posted what the company said are documents of his latest orders as a means to “expose his actions.”

“Despite our numerous appeals to the Supreme Court not being heard, the Brazilian public not being informed about these orders and our Brazilian staff having no responsibility or control over whether content is blocked on our platform, Moraes has chosen to threaten our staff in Brazil rather than respect the law or due process,” X’s global government affairs team said.