X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, said today that it’s ending operations in Brazil, although the service will remain available to users in the country. The announcement comes during a legal battle with Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who sought to block certain accounts on X as part of an […]

  • BrikoXOPM
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    74 months ago

    More like Elon ego was hurt, so he’s retaliating the only way he knows how.

    • Daemon Silverstein
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      34 months ago

      It just that when billionaires get billionaire, money is not as funny as before, so they need to pursue other sources of dopamin, such as playing gods or dealing with politics. In case of Musk, both of them (Neuralink, although an interesting advance in scientific knowledge, is commercially his “god role” trying to find a way to the human brain, and Xwitter is his political tool).

    • Possibly linux
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      -64 months ago

      I doubt it in this case. Somehow I don’t think Xitter wants to deal with the Brazilian government

      • BrikoXOPM
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        74 months ago

        They do prefer to live in their imaginary bubble, but that’s not how life works. He has no issue with being government’s bitch when it suits him, but when his ego is attacked, you are enemy #1.