He Social network X blocked in Brazil It began to take effect early Saturday morning, hours after a Supreme Court judge ordered its blocking, alleging judicial non-compliance by the platform owned by the billionaire Elon Musk.
The suspension of the social networkformerly known as Twitter, was ordered to be closed on Friday evening by Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes, who has been engaged in a dispute with Musk for months over the limits of freedom of expression.
Access to the website and mobile app is no longer possible for at least some users, AFP noted, pending an official report.
As of midday on Saturday, no official report had been released on the implementation of the suspension, which should be completed in the next few hours.
Those who try to access the portal are met with a message asking them to reload the browser, but are subsequently unable to log in successfully. The application, for its part, no longer generates new content or allows interactions.
A leading figure in the fight against disinformation in Brazil, Moraes on Friday ordered the “immediate suspension” of X across the country within 24 hours, a ruling that sparked outrage among Musk, a self-proclaimed staunch defender of freedom of expression.
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“Freedom of expression is the basis of democracy and an unelected pseudo-judge in Brazil is destroying it for political ends,” the tycoon responded on X, calling the judge an “evil dictator.”