X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, said today that it’s ending operations in Brazil, although the service will remain available to users in the country. The announcement comes during a legal battle with Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who sought to block certain accounts on X as part of an […]

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    3 months ago

    Illegal content can be anything though. It is hard to make any judgment without knowing what it was

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      Accounts that were spreading fake news and harassment. Those things are crimes. There were investigations and legal proceedings.

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        Still vague. Fake news can be anything that the current government doesn’t like

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          If only there was a system in which legal matters like these were decided. Maybe one where the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police who investigate crime, and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders.