• iopq@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

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

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      3 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.”

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        3 months ago

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

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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.

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          3 months ago

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

          (I don’t actually know)

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            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.

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              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

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      3 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.