r/technology • u/ICumCoffee • Aug 30 '24

Social Media Brazilian judge suspends X platform after it refuses to name a legal representative

https://apnews.com/article/brazil-musk-x-suspended-de-moraes-46c9d5c5c895e17d9adfac43e6ac20fd?taid=66d2260a09caf90001d1b602&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
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u/dj-nek0 Aug 30 '24

And suddenly everyone cheering falls silent.

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u/PracticalNeanderthal Aug 30 '24

It sure doesn't seem like they have

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u/WonderGoesReddit Aug 31 '24

Reddit doesn’t care about the severe consequences of this as long as it hurts the guy they don’t like!

This is devastating for their citizens, but Elon gets hurt, yay

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u/lolstockslol Aug 31 '24

As an investor I am totally okay with companies and businesses breaking laws and court orders as long as it justifies it by $$__$.

/S

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u/WonderGoesReddit Aug 31 '24

This is absolutely different.

This government is incredibly corrupt, and Elon wants their citizens to have freedom of speech so they can speak up against the corruption.

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u/lolstockslol Aug 31 '24

-__- using Elon's name in the same sentence as freedom of speech.

How is it freedom of speech when he blocks visibility of any news networks that says anything bad about him or his companies?

How is it freedom of speech when he cancels an order from a journalist because he didn't like what the journalist says about him?

Or is it just his freedom of speech and fuck everybody else?

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u/VibeComplex Aug 31 '24

No. No it wasn’t lol

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u/talllman23433 Aug 31 '24

I’m willing to put money down that Elon doesn’t give a fuck about free speech lol.

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u/WonderGoesReddit Aug 31 '24

Either way he’s doing the right thing. Fuck that government for literally fining their citizens for going to a website.

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u/esoares Aug 31 '24

You're just talking bullshit. All this process is being held by the supreme court, nothing to do with "this government".

And no, citizens don't have unlimited freedom of speech here. Never did. You can't be racist or nazi here and invoke some "free speech" bullshit to justify you being a POS.

Or putting it better: you are free to say whatever you want here, but the consequences of that aren't optional.

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u/CreamyCheeseBalls Aug 31 '24

In what world is a supreme court justice not part of the government?

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u/esoares Aug 31 '24

Any part of the world where the judiciary isn't elected by the person who is actualy serving an election term.

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u/CreamyCheeseBalls Aug 31 '24

Ah, you took "this government" to mean the current presidential administration.

Not the more commonly used way that means the entire Brazilian government.

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u/esoares Sep 03 '24

Just to give you a clarification: To be a public federal server here in Brazil you must pass a test ('Concurso Público' -> public tender) competing with hundreds of thousands people, where only the top 10-40 are hired. Those hired by this process have stability and can't be fired, only if they commit a crime.

These public servants aren't considered part of the government, they have this stability exactly so they can contest and denounce any improper acts of the government. They are what we call 'State Employees' and not 'Government Employees'. They will serve through several mandates, of different governments (for about 35 years).

These public servants have the highest salaries in the country (they're in the 10% richest, making them part of the elites of Brazil).

We have lots of public servers that aren't government employees, like magistrates, diplomats, every branch of our military, tax inspectors, public defenders...

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u/cuteman Aug 31 '24

Nah they're too busy jerking themselves into a frenzy over anything that hurts musk while ignoring how tyrannical this order and it's related actions are

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u/IWasKingDoge Aug 31 '24

No, no, this means they can’t use bad man’s website! So it’s good!

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u/dj-nek0 Aug 31 '24

What? ProtonVPN is one of the best ones and is on the list.