EMILE MYBURGH: Elon Musk’s disdain for legal system meets its match in Brazilian judge
X owner and the country’s radical right cry censorship, but they have to abide by the law
06 September 2024 - 05:00
You may not have heard of Brazilian supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes before, but he will go down the annals of history as the first person with the guts to stand up to Elon Musk.
Moraes was appointed by the Brazilian Supreme Court to investigate the proliferation of fake news prior to and after the 2022 elections there. He was also the judge who ordered X to be shut down in Brazil until it complied with orders issued by the Supreme Court. ..
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