Brazilian president makes comments after supreme court votes to uphold X ban over refusal to obey court orders

The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has said he hopes the crisis surrounding the social network X in Brazil might teach the world that “it isn’t obliged to put up with [Elon] Musk’s far-right free-for-all just because he is rich”.

Lula’s comments to the network CNN Brasil came after the supreme court voted unanimously on Monday to uphold the ban on X, which is now largely inaccessible in one of its biggest global markets.

The suspension was first ordered on Friday as a result of the company’s refusal to obey court orders requiring the removal of profiles accused of spreading disinformation and for the social network to name a local legal representative.

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  • @[email protected]English
    11•16 days ago

    By that logic musk would be president right now so doesnt make much sense. Its less about money and more about your family and friends. Almost all presidents of the United states have been descendants from the same british family. Including Obama yes.

    • @Burn_The_RightEnglish
      9•15 days ago

      I was completely with you until the conspiracy theory about a single British family and Obama. JFC. 😂

      Seriously though. You gotta have a credible source for something like that. Share that Fox News link already!

      • @[email protected]English
        -5•15 days ago

        Thats not a secret my dude and its not even that crazy of a fact. Basically everyone is related if you just go back enough generations.

        Almost all of them stem from families that came to america during colonial times.

        Related: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Stock_Americans

        Whats more interesting tho is this chart that doesnt go back quite as far. You can still see that being president is not going to happen unless you have connections

        • @Burn_The_RightEnglish
          10•15 days ago

          Your own links indicate that the presidents came from separate families. Am l missing a key section that explains that they all came from the same family as you indicated?

          If you dialed back the narrow specificity of your original claim, I would agree with your sentiment, as I think most here would. I feel like we may be debating a semantic here.

          • @[email protected]English
            2•15 days ago

            He also said almost all of the presidents, then links to a genealogy that lists less than half.

          • @[email protected]English
            -6•15 days ago

            I dont know who first claimed the whole “King John” thing or how well proven it is, but whats not disputed is that many of them are pretty closely related. They might not actually all be descendant from one specific guy but for practical purposes they behave like it. They are a closed circle that is impossible to just enter.

            https://familypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Genealogical_relationships_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States

            • @Burn_The_RightEnglish
              6•15 days ago

              We do certainly maintain the tradition of limiting our highest positions of power to only those who are wealthy or have the most privileged access to our version of royalty. Geneology aside, this election may be a giant welcome deviation from our normal “family tradition” of leadership.

    • @MaggotyEnglish
      5•15 days ago

      You’re going to need to source that.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•15 days ago

      Musk becoming president is very real possibility, average person becoming president is not unless miracles happen. While yes, money alone can’t so easily get you power but it is requirement for it.