Brazil's Chief Federal Court (STF) Minister Alexandre de Moraise on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday after refusing to provide personal information about Brazilian conservative journalist Alain dos Santos was fined “violated” for the
Dos Santos, a stubborn supporter of conservative former president Jia Bolsonaro, resides in the US since late 2021 after issuing arrest warrants against him in October 2021 over multiple criminal charges. I'm doing it. De Moraes also issued an extradition request to the US against Dos Santos. According to It was “sheld” by Brazilian Sen. Jorge Seyf by the US government.
In July, De Moraes launched investigation Des Moreise's Bolsonaro by Des Santos, under the allegations that spread “fake news” and the spread of chat messages suspected to involve Brazilian journalist Juliana d'Ar Piva. He “confessed” his plan to arrest him. This probe is part of Brazilian justice inquiry We investigate “anti-democratic digital militias” who are allegedly spreading “fake news” and “blackmail” in Brazil.
As part of the probe, De Moraes order Censoring Dos Santos' accounts from Twitter and handing over Dos Santos' registration data and other personal information under a daily fine penalty of $1.42 billion as of October. Although Twitter has complied with the censorship order, it has argued that it is impossible for users to do so because “there is no technical point of connection with Brazil” because social media platforms do not collect such data. did not provide the requested information.
Twitter I sued The October ruling suggested instead censoring content related to the probe while lifting blocks of journalist accounts, citing the court's orders disproportionately and violating freedom of expression. The appeal was unanimously rejected by the STF, and De Moraes reportedly stated that “it is not the responsibility of the social network to make requests regarding third party rights.”
“This will provide X Brasil Internet Ltda to the company through a duly configured lawyer, so as not violating the judicial decision, R $8,100,000.00 (8 fines paid immediately). It could be that millions of reais)…” Thursday's court ruling read.
The court's ruling also includes details of the Brazilian state bank accounts where social media platforms must deposit funds.
The Dos Santos account is one of them Some The Twitter account is currently being censored by De Moraes' orders within Brazilian territory. in AprilTwitter owner Elon Musk urged a feud between Musk and De Moraes, claiming it was against De Moraes' censorship court orders.
Platform rebellion against Brazilian censorship orders led to ordering full orders Prohibited Platform in late August. The ban, which lasted for about a month or more, was lifted in October after Musk cave And they complied with De Moraes' censorship requests.
In addition to censoring the accounts De Moraes ordered to block in Brazil, Twitter has paid a total fine of $5.24 million. I'm wrong State bank accounts will extend the ban on social media platforms for several days until the issue is resolved.
Dos Santos I responded Rebellious against Thursday's news.
“Someone needs to know where I am, so I'm telling de Moraes to see the location of the photo. If you have any doubts about the Brazilian federal police, look for the White House on Google Maps.” I've read Dos Santos' message. “This shitty tyrant ruined the wrong person.”
De Moraes owned her own Twitter account, but has reportedly not posted any new content since January 2024. Brazil's Justice on Friday Deactivate that. De Moraes I explained it He told Brasil on Friday morning that he “resigned” from Twitter, claiming that the decision had nothing to do with legal action against the platform. According to a Brazilian outlet G1De Moraes is not planning to move to another social media platform.
Christian K. Calzo is a Venezuelan writer and documents life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter here.
