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Listen, Musk is an asshole who has created large problems at Xitter. There is absolutely no debate on that.
HOWEVER I have to wonder if most of the people cheering what's happening in Brazil actually know what's going on?
Did you know that one single Judge has been given the power the censor the Internet? Do you know that no justification needs to be released to the public about WHY a person, account, or post is being censored, removed, or banned? Do you know that this Judge actually banned Apple and Google from distributing any VPN Software before they were forced to change the order due to public outcry? Do you know that the fines this Judge is issuing have no basis in the law?
Even prominent Brazilian Attorneys, like Thiago Amparo, who previously supported this Judge and their work are now saying that it's going too far.
Brazil now has an Internet Censor who obviously doesn't understand the technology who is issuing censorship orders that require no justification and to the surprise of no one his orders are helpful almost entirely to the current President specifically and the ruling party in general.
Here's an archive link to the New York Times giving more details.
So yeah, screw Musk but also screw whatever unholy state censorship is going on down in Brazil too.
The initial ruling was by a single judge but it was upheld yesterday by a panel of five supreme court justices:
They didn't approve the "Initial Ruling". They approved the amended version that didn't bar Apple and Google from distributing VPN Software and didn't create a 5 day deadline.
Do you know WHY Xitter doesn't just appoint a legal representative and sidestep this mess? It's because this same Judge threatened to imprison the last one and pre-emptively froze her bank accounts!
https://time.com/7016537/brazil-blocks-elon-musk-x-twitter-company-refuses-comply-judge/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3rnl5qv3o
This is not how a legal system is supposed to behave.
Can you share where you saw "threatening to arrest and froze bank account"? Twitter made a post on their own page about something along the line. Other than that I couldn't find any.
The resignation of the legal representative has more nuance than what you said here. His ~~(not her)~~ name is Diego de Lima Gualda, an attorney in Brazil. After a series of non compliance from Twitter, the Twitter Brazil filed a request arguing that the Twitter international is responsible for compliance and Twitter Brazil does not have authority. The judge dismissed this request for obvious reasons, and the next day he resigned from the position.
The non compliance led to resignation. This is crucial because the actions of Twitter are the reason why the legal representative faced the consequences. Not that the judge ordered something out of the blue. I think you are missing the key point here.
Obviously censorship is bad. There is no contention in that. My point is this order is the last one in the long standing feud between Musk and Moraes. Musk has been so aggressive in personally attacking the judge. So portraying the judge as someone going on a power trip is not the accurate picture.
Edit: Adding more info here. The entire information on the freezing bank account and arrest of the legal representative of Twitter Brazil, is from the Twitter Global Affairs handle. They published a "secret order" from the judge. A few things I noticed are these looks like cherry picked pages of a bigger document due to lack of continuity between page 1 and 2. Usually court orders will include the full context of the petition. Second point is the obvious circumventing strategy the Global Affairs of Twitter also states. They reiterate that only "Twitter International" is responsible for compliance, and not "Twitter Brazil". This absurd argument introduces the problem of jurisdiction. This is just Twitter trying to fly above the law.
Earlier I said the legal representative was Diego de Lima Gualda, after his resignation they informed that Rachel de Oliveira Vila Nova Conceição will be the new representative. The order says:
I think these words are self explanatory. Twitter tried to delay the compliance just by making the legal representative unreachable. This along with the argument that Twitter Brazil is not responsible shows a clearer picture of what Twitter was trying to do and what actually happened. Again I don't see where the "bank account freezing" is written.
Edit 2: I forgot to state the obvious. The representative who resigned is not the one who faced fines or "decree of prison". These are two different representatives. Again the representative is facing this because of the actions of Twitter. This is not a case of judicial activism.
But it don't work that way, he can threaten how much he want, the same way that he threatened to ban VPN, but he can't do whatever he want