• @[email protected]
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    1204 months ago

    Musk has called the Moraes’ decisions regarding X “unconstitutional.”

    Who would know more about Brazil’s constitution? One of its Supreme Court Judge or Elon Musk?

    • @[email protected]
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      734 months ago

      Insane how the Republicans made ‘unconstitutional’ into another meaningless buzzword in order to try and dodge the responsibility for Jan 6th.

    • Kokesh
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      314 months ago

      Shut up! He singlehandedly invented Tesla, PayPal and SpaceX. He litters the space with most satellites of everybody. He brought freedom of speech back to Twitter and renamed it to a more SEO friendly X. He also supports the greatest president and best white male specimen DT. So let our overlord Musk be.

      • @Got_Bent
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        114 months ago

        PayPal was so far ahead of the curve. I’ve actively avoided using them for a long because of something that happened many years ago. I sense that young people see it as a boomer app.

        PayPal could’ve been the big bank of the Internet and they fucked it up.

        • Kokesh
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          44 months ago

          What do you think?

          • @[email protected]
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            24 months ago

            Sadly I know a couple people who actually would say something like this with a straight face >.>

            • Kokesh
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              14 months ago

              Well, I can see tRump supporters saying this

        • @[email protected]
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          34 months ago

          I’m taking this as a sign the Internet is healing that I fully understood this as sarcasm. The last couple of years I wouldn’t have been so sure.

          • @[email protected]
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            14 months ago

            I still know too many people that might actually believe this, but at least we might be on the right track haha

  • @BeatTakeshi
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    4 months ago

    Musk has called the Moraes’ decisions regarding X “unconstitutional".

    Crazy how a foreign businessman dares making such claims. He really thinks he is the king of the world

    • @SwordInStone
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      324 months ago

      and which constitution exactly is he referencing?

      • @[email protected]
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        254 months ago

        The imaginary one that says Jesus loves capitalism and the USA best, and everyone can say whatever they want—always.

        • @[email protected]
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          134 months ago

          The Jesus and capitalism one is always the one that gets me. In the bible Jesus lost his shit twice, and both were because of capitalism. He hated that shit.

  • @Lost_My_Mind
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    374 months ago

    Great! Now lets ALL adopt whatever policies that forced this action worldwide!

  • downpunxx
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    244 months ago

    While any forced retreat by musk, is something to celebrate on it’s own, it should be muted by the fact that “The X service remains available to the people of Brazil, the platform said on Saturday.” seems like they’re just closing their offices so they don’t get fined or arrested, but will keep their access operational in Brazil, for now. Brazil can always shut it down any time it likes, and hope they do, but Musk closes offices and lays off employees literally all the time, literally on a whim. This is nothing for him. Sucks to be his employee, but again, anyone still choosing to be in his employ knowing the cunt fascist he’s become, deserves all the bad that’s coming to them.

    • @[email protected]
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      144 months ago

      Aaah then it is not a retreat it is just an excuse to fire people and whine about regulations

  • Captain Aggravated
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    184 months ago

    Congratulations to our Brazilian friends here on Lemmy for their most excellent achievement. Bravo and well done.

  • I Cast Fist
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    114 months ago

    Meh, only the office closed, the site is still accessible. Here’s to hoping the escalation continues and xitter ends fully blocked

  • @iopq
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    -204 months ago

    I hate Musk as much as anyone, but it’s a shit decision by Brazil

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      174 months ago

      Is it not Musks decision? I thought the situation was more akin to “Your house your rules? I don’t like your rules so I’m packing a bag and running away.”

      • @iopq
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        -144 months ago

        You’re defending censoring people who are speaking out against the government. How is that a good thing?

        • Limcon
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          They tried a coup (with the military and the brazilian rural oligarchs), so it’s not “censorship”, it’s enforcing that Brazil is a democratic (even if very flawed) country. The constitution give this right to the supreme court and him (he was the supreme judge for the last election, so dealing with the aftermath of the election is his obligation), so it’s a lot more nuanced than you might say.

          Edit: If Musk doesn’t respect our laws, let him get out of here haha.

        • @[email protected]
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          104 months ago

          Is it censorship, or stopping (actual) fake news and lies because Musk fired Twitters moderation team?

          (I don’t actually know)

          • Limcon
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            94 months ago

            Moraes have a case in his hand (the tried coup last year), because he was the supreeme judge for the elections. He judged that these people tried to help the coup and demanded that their accounts are suspended (entirely cool with the constitution), as musk doesn’t want that, they’re gone from Brazil and might be blocked countrywide.

          • @iopq
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            -64 months ago

            Censoring incorrect information is still censorship

            • @LifeOfChance
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              34 months ago

              This is hands down one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard…

              • @iopq
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                14 months ago

                It’s also 100% true

            • @[email protected]
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              34 months ago

              Sure but in this case the judge is not censoring merely incorrect information. It’s written in the article that I assume you haven’t read

              The judge ordered to remove the account of a militant group that attempted a coup after the party they support lost the election

              This is exactly the kind of thing that should be censored. Anti democracy groups

    • @Linnce
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      44 months ago

      Earlier this year, Moraes ordered X to block certain accounts, as he investigates so-called “digital militias” that have been accused of spreading fake news and hate messages during the government of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro.

      These people are the equivalent of Trump’s cult followers, although I’m not on Twitter myself I am sure they are spreading fake news and any fight against it is a win in my point of view. I myself see these Bolsonaro lovers all the time and it’s crazy how they are brainwashed. I know plenty of people who didn’t take the COVID vaccine because of him.