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Brazil first to fall in the free speech wars

18 August 2024

7:03 PM

18 August 2024

7:03 PM

Elon Musk has announced that X (formally Twitter) has decided to close its office in Brazil to protect the safety of its staff.

The decision to close the X office in Brazil was difficult but, if we had agreed to Alexandre de Moraes’ (illegal) secret censorship and private information handover demands, there was no way we could explain our actions without being ashamed.

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