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Read previewX's office in Brazil is set to close "immediately" amid an escalation in Elon Musk's public feud with Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes.
"Last night, Alexandre de Moraes threatened our legal representative in Brazil with arrest if we do not comply with his censorship orders," the X Global Government Affairs office announced in a post on the platform.
The social media platform remains available for residents of Brazil to access, the company's post noted.
X initially agreed to block the accounts per Brazil's legal orders, complying with content moderation requests similar to those made by Turkey, which the platform has previously agreed to honor.
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—, Alexandre de Moraes, Rachel Nova Conceicao, Moraes, De Moraes, Jair Bolsonaro, de Moraes, Brazil's, Jair Bolsonaro's, X, Musk
Organizations:
Service, Brazilian, X Global Government Affairs, Business, The National High Court, Reuters, Global Government Affairs
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Brazil, Elon, Turkey, andover