Brazil’s ongoing ban in opposition to Elon Musk’s social media platform X has attracted its fair proportion of critics. These embody a Dutch Member of Parliament and authorized advocacy group ADF Worldwide.
Amidst the fallout of Brazil’s ban on X and Supreme Courtroom Decide Alexandre de Moraes’ menace of a R$50,000 ($8,900) day by day tremendous for customers who entry the social media platform by way of VPN, a lot of elected Brazilian officers have continued to specific their ideas on X. The social media platform, for its half, has additionally launched copies of the letter from de Moraes, which demanded the censorship of a number of X accounts, together with that of a sitting official.
In a submit on the social media platform, Dutch MP Geert Wilders slammed Brazil for banning X. As per the official in his submit, a rustic that doesn’t grant freedom of expression to its residents is a dictatorship. “Banning X in Brazil is unacceptable and proof of totalitarianism. A nation with out freedom of expression is a dictatorship,” Wilders wrote.
Banning X in #Brazil is unacceptable and proof of totalitarianism. A nation with out freedom of expression is a dictatorship.
— Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) August 31, 2024
The ADF Worldwide famous that it had submitted a petition to the Inter American Fee on Human Rights, which has authority over Brazil below the American Conference, to oppose the censorship of the social media platform within the nation. The authorized advocacy group additionally famous that now’s the time to intervene within the matter.
“We have now urgently petitioned the Inter American Fee on Human Rights, which has authority over Brazil below the American Conference. The censorship from the Supreme Federal Courtroom and Superior Electoral Courtroom violate worldwide legislation. Now’s the time to intervene,” the group wrote in a submit on X.
The banning of X and focusing on of @elonmusk @shellenberger @marcelvanhattem and others is symptomatic of a extreme endemic downside.
Per latest surveys, the vast majority of Brazilians are afraid to share their views in public.
— ADF Worldwide (@ADFIntl) September 1, 2024
The group additionally famous that the focusing on of individuals akin to Elon Musk and different dissenting voices is “symptomatic of a extreme endemic downside.” “Per latest surveys, the vast majority of Brazilians are afraid to share their views in public,” the ADF Worldwide wrote.
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