Elon Musk has never shied away from expressing his opinions. The self-proclaimed free speech absolutist’s latest feud is with a Brazilian Supreme Court judge who Musk accused of making “the most draconian demands of any country on earth.”
Musk’s involvement with the Brazilian government is not new. Just a few days after taking over
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As Musk took over Twitter, Bolsonaro described the meeting as “the beginning of a relationship that will surely soon end in marriage.”
Now Musk faces a government that is more hostile to X.
A journalist’s contribution to X Michael Shellenberger said a Brazilian court had forced the platform to “suspend certain popular accounts in Brazil,” which Musk openly rejected. Musk described the post, which received more than 100,000 likes, as “all true.”
Musk also said that X “will likely lose all revenue in Brazil and will have to close our office there. But principles matter more than profits.”
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Brazilian Attorney General Jorge Messias, an appointee of Brazil’s current president, said: “There is an urgent need to regulate social networks.”
Musk has pushed back against foreign governments in the past. Last month,
Despite his victories, Musk’s actions have caused controversy even among his followers.
Ross Gerber, an early investor in Tesla Inc., recently expressed his frustration with Musk, saying that Tesla investors had “had enough” with the controversial CEO.
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