Elon Musk’s X shuts down Brazil operations citing arrest ‘threat’ from top judge

Elon Musk-owned social media giant X on Saturday announced that it is shutting down its operations in Brazil with immediate effect in response to what the company described as a “threat” from Alexandre de Moraes, a justice of Brazil’s Supreme Court.

According to a statement released by X, Moraes issued a secret order threatening the arrest of the company’s legal representative in Brazil if X did not comply with his censorship directives. The company claims that this order was made without public disclosure and outside the bounds of due process.