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Twitter, now under the authoritarian grasp of Elon Musk, is about to get its claws back on the Brazilian people – for a price.
The corrupt Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes has handed down a thinly veiled ultimatum: pay up to $2.2 million or forever banished from the land. This, after X was already fined $3.4 million for daring to question Moraes’ tyrannical rule. Brazil, ever eager to cave to power, has already frozen the accounts of X and Starlink, essentially holding its citizens hostage for the privilege of speaking their minds.
For months, X has been fighting a valiant battle against Moraes’ attempt to silence critical voices. And now, the company is being coerced into compliance, forced to surrender to the Judge’s whims or face extinction. This is a gross betrayal of the trust that X has earned with the Brazilian people.
As the ruling class consolidates its power, X’s shutdown has allowed rival social media platforms like Bluesky to capitalize on the vacuum, attracting a loyal following of citizens eager to resist the totalitarian grip of Moraes. But make no mistake – this is a battle far from won.
The recent reversal of X’s stance, agreeing to block accounts and pay fines, is nothing short of an act of cowardice. X’s vaunted “Global Government Affairs” account spouts hollow platitudes about “respecting sovereignty,” but what it really means is submitting to the whims of power. It’s a craven attempt to appease the dictators, while abandoning its duty to serve the people.
In this bleak landscape, one thing is clear: X’s very survival hangs in the balance. Will it succumb to the forces of oppression or rise up against them? The fate of Brazilian free speech hangs in the balance, and only time will tell if X will be able to regain its moral footing.
