· Company action
X closes its Brazil office, citing order it says threatened its legal representative with arrest
…would require us to break (in secret) Brazilian, Argentinian, American and international law.
What he said or did
X said it was closing its operation in Brazil effective immediately
while keeping the service available, and said Moraes's actions were incompatible with democratic government.
Musk wrote that compliance would require us to break (in secret) Brazilian, Argentinian, American and international law.
Background
X published a document it said was a sealed Moraes order setting daily fines and warning of arrest of its Brazil representative.
What happened next
Without a legal representative in Brazil, X became subject to the suspension order issued on 30 August 2024.
Sources
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