Elon Musk Stands Firm Against Brazil’s Supreme Court Order: ‘Principles Trump Profit’
The announcement comes in response to ‘Twitter Files Brazil’ reporting on Twitter’s internal communications from before Mr. Musk’s 2022 takeover.
Owner of X Corp. Elon Musk said on the platform Saturday evening that the company had decided to lift all restrictions on Brazilian accounts targeted by an order from the nation’s Supreme Court.
“We are lifting all restrictions. This judge has applied massive fines, threatened to arrest our employees and cut off access to 𝕏 in Brazil. As a result, we will probably lose all revenue in Brazil and have to shut down our office there. But principles matter more than profit,” Mr. Musk posted, notifying of X’s decision.
The announcement came in response to reporting by investigative journalist Michael Shellenberger, and colleagues David Ágape and Eli Vieira, titled, “TWITTER FILES BRAZIL.”
In his reporting, Mr. Shellenberger cites records released by X, formerly Twitter, during Mr. Musk’s 2022 takeover that allegedly show that “Brazil is engaged in a sweeping crackdown it summarizes the main topics of the article thoroughly. This acceptable paraphrase passage removes the bad links, simplifies the language, and retains the central information but is not quite as thorough as the original..”
He added, “Owners of a media company can reject any ad they want; so can the Satirist. He doesn’t mention the choice in the former case because it’s already known, and the choice for a would-be reader isn’t enforceable by ethical things. The ad is forced at that point. I’ve never taken a stand on ‘let the ads on my website match Google’s rules’ on anything related to my site.
