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With Musk's X banned in Brazil, its users carve out new digital homes

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Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As billionaire Elon Musk's clash with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice came to a head last week, there were legal

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  1. Brazil blocks Musk’s X after company refuses to name local representative amid feud with judge

    Headline from The Republic ·

  2. Elon Musk's X goes dark in Brazil after court order, shutting out 20 million users

    Headline from Fortune ·

  3. Brazil's Supreme Court upholds nationwide ban of Elon Musk's X

    Headline from UPI ·

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    With Musk's X banned in Brazil, its users carve out new digital homes

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  1. Al Jazeera

    Brazil’s top court threatens to ban Elon Musk’s X (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes says platform faces ban unless Musk names legal representative within 24 hours.

  2. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Brazil's top court orders nationwide suspension of Elon Musk's X (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    Brazil’s supreme court on Friday ordered a nationwide suspension of Elon Musk’s social network X after the company vowed to defy earlier court orders.

  3. New York Post

    Elon Musk’s X braces for Brazil shutdown amid feud over free speech (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    An ongoing feud between a Brazil Supreme Court justice and Elon Musk left social media platform X on the brink of being blocked in the country, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva demanded that the billionaire comply with local laws.

  4. NBC News

    Elon Musk ramps up attacks on Brazil’s top judge as X faces possible suspension in the country (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Tesla, SpaceX and X Corp. leader Elon Musk ramped up his online attacks on Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes on Thursday, amid an intensifying political and legal battle between the tech billionaire and his companies, and Brazil’s highest court.

  5. The Guardian

    Elon Musk’s X could face ban in Brazil after failure to appoint legal representative (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Platform failed to meet court-imposed deadline in ongoing case over accounts allegedly spreading disinformation

  6. Fortune

    Brazil judge bans Elon Musk's X, with anyone accessing platform facing $8,900 daily fines (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    X fostered “an environment of total impunity and lawless land in Brazilian social networks, including during the 2024 local elections,” the judge wrote.

  7. NPR

    The latest chapter in a feud between Elon Musk and a Brazilian Supreme Court justice (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, faces possible suspension in Brazil — in a showdown with a powerful Supreme Court justice there.

  8. The Republic

    Brazil blocks Musk’s X after company refuses to name local representative amid feud with judge (opens The Republic)

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    The Republic's feed description

    SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil started blocking Elon Musk’s social media platform X early Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on both the web and through its mobile app after the company refused to comply with a judge’s order.

  9. Digital Journal

    Brazil awaits X shutdown as Musk dismisses legal order (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Brazil was on Friday facing a shutdown of the social media platform X after billionaire Elon Musk refused an order by a Supreme Court judge.

  10. The Republic

    Top Brazilian judge orders suspension of X platform in Brazil amid feud with Musk (opens The Republic)

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    The Republic's feed description

    SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk’s social media giant X in Brazil after the tech billionaire refused to name a legal representative in the country, according to a copy of his decision.

  11. Time

    The Reason Brazil Is Blocking Elon Musk's X/Twitter (opens Time)

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    Brazil started blocking Elon Musk’s X early on Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on both the web and through its mobile app.

  12. Deadline

    Elon Musk’s X Suspended In Brazil; Internet Service Providers & App Stores Have 5 Days To Remove It (opens Deadline)

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    Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered Elon Musk’s X suspended in Brazil after the billionaire owner of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter refused to name a legal representative in the country.

  13. Al Jazeera

    Brazil moves to block access to Musk’s X amid disinformation row (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The decision comes after a months-long feud between a judge and X’s owner Musk over censorship and disinformation.

  14. Triblive

    Brazil blocks Musk’s X amid feud with judge (opens Triblive)

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    Triblive's feed description

    SAO PAULO — Brazil started blocking Elon Musk’s social media platform X early Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on the web and through mobile apps after the billionaire refused to name a legal representative to the country.

  15. Deutsche Welle

    Musk feuds with Brazil's top judge over X – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Tech billionaire Elon Musk has accused Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes of censoring X, his social media platform.

  16. FOX Business

    Judge orders Musk's X immediately shutdown in Brazil (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    In an ongoing feud between Elon Musk and Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, Moraes ordered the 'immediate suspension' of Musk's social media platform X in the South American country.

  17. Fortune

    Elon Musk's X goes dark in Brazil after court order, shutting out 20 million users (opens Fortune)

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    “He has supreme executive, judicial and legislative power, aka dictator,” Musk posted on Saturday.

  18. FOX Business

    Brazil bans X: Outrage spreads after Elon Musk's social media platform is suspended (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    X, formerly Twitter, has been banned in Brazil after failing to meet a deadline set by a Supreme Court judge to name a new legal representative in the country.

  19. New York Post

    Outrage spreads after Elon Musk’s X platform is suspended in Brazil: ‘Crushing the people’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Brazil judge ordered the 'immediate and complete suspension' of the social media platform until it complies with all court orders and pays existing fines.

  20. Gopusa

    Elon Musk’s X Officially Down in Brazil After Judge’s Shutdown Order (opens Gopusa)

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    Gopusa's feed description

    The shutdown of Elon Musk’s X social media platform is officially underway in Brazil, making it largely inaccessible for residents of the country through the web or mobile apps. An Epoch Times reporter attempted to access X, formerly known as Twitter, through a virtual private network based in Brazi…

  21. Quartz

    Elon Musk's X won't be up in Brazil anytime soon (opens Quartz)

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    Quartz's feed description

    The country's Supreme Court upheld its ban of the social media platform on Monday

  22. UPI

    Brazil's Supreme Court upholds nationwide ban of Elon Musk's X (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    Brazil's Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld a nationwide ban of the social media platform X.

  23. New York Post

    Elon Musk fires back at Dems after Tim Walz’s AG appears to celebrate Brazil’s X ban (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The attorney general serving alongside Gov. Tim Walz in Minnesota wrote a thank-you message to Brazil on X.

  24. New York Post

    Watch out for the Americans cheering Brazil’s war on free speech and Elon Musk (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Brazil's Supreme Court upheld Justice Alexandre de Moraes' order that X (formally Twitter) be banned in the country.

  25. FOX Business

    Tim Walz's AG appears to celebrate Brazil X ban, leading Musk to say Dems want to ‘destroy’ First Amendment (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison wrote, "Thank you Brazil!" on X just days after the country banned the Elon Musk-owned social media platform.

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