Musk v Moraes: The tension between a billionaire and the Brazilian Supreme Court

The court has become the de facto regulator of social media in the country.

Brazilian Supreme Court decisions are once again in the international headlines. The past week has been marked by several developments in the operations of X (formerly Twitter) in Brazil. It all started after Elon Musk posted on his X page that the decisions issued by the Brazilian Supreme Court

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