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   Catherine Morris (cmorris@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 01:23:40 JST Catherine Morris

   #Brazil: “Late on Friday afternoon, Justice Alexandre de Moraes…ordered the “immediate, complete & total suspension of #X’s operations” in the country, “until all court orders …are complied with, fines are duly paid, & a new legal representative for the company is appointed in the country”. He gave Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency 24 hours to enforce the decision.’ | Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/30/elon-musk-x-could-face-ban-in-brazil-after-failure-to-appoint-legal-representative #Musk

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     Catherine Morris (cmorris@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 01:23:39 JST Catherine Morris

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     • Mike Masnick ✅

     #Brazil Bans ExTwitter In Battle With #Musk, Takes VPNs & Users Down With It. “In the battle between Elon Musk and Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the biggest losers are Brazilians. They are now at risk of being stripped of #VPNs while facing massive fines if they somehow get around a countrywide ban on ExTwitter [#X].” | Mike Masnick, Techdirt
     https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/30/brazil-bans-extwitter-in-battle-with-musk-takes-vpns-users-down-with-it/ @mmasnick

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     Catherine Morris (cmorris@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 01:23:40 JST Catherine Morris

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     #Musk's #X suspended in #Brazil... “The row began in April, with the [Supreme Court] judge ordering the suspension of dozens of X accounts for allegedly spreading #disinformation... [X] is…used by at least a 10th of the nation's 200 million inhabitants. By Saturday morning some users had reported access to the platform was no longer possible… #Apple & #Google [have] a 5-day deadline to remove X from its app stores & block its use on iOS & Android systems.” | BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3rnl5qv3o.amp

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     Catherine Morris (cmorris@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 01:23:40 JST Catherine Morris

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     #X now ‘…offline in #Brazil – the country with the 5th largest digital population [22 million users] – after Elon #Musk’s refusal to comply with local laws meant it was blocked by the supreme court. …Large numbers of Brazilians sought shelter on…#Bluesky, which…gained 500,000 users in the past 2 days. …Musk [made crude posts on X & said the judge] “…is a dictator & a fraud, not a justice,” …although Brazilian users could no longer read his words without…a…VPN.’ | Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/31/x-offline-brazil-elon-musk

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