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He added that the decision to close the office in Brazil was "difficult", but if the company agreed to Mr Moraes' "demands, there was no way we could explain our actions without being ashamed".

Musk later closed X’s offices in Brazil over claims de Moraes threatened to arrest the company’s local legal representative if the platform didn’t follow “censorship orders.” Despite ...

State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co held an online exchange last week with CPFL Energia SA, the third-biggest Brazilian electric utility company, to discuss efforts on bird protection along ...

De Moraes had warned Musk on Wednesday night that X could be blocked in Brazil if he failed to comply with his order to name a representative, and established a 24-hour deadline. The company hasn ...

But the conflict only grew more heated on Monday as Brazil's telecom regulator set its own sights on another of Musk's companies. Now, the Brazilian government is said to be weighing slapping Musk ...

Yet he added that Brazil had to take some action after Mr. Musk so publicly and explicitly flouted multiple court orders. “It’s not up to a company to decide if a judicial decision is adequate ...

Its suspension has further weakened its capacity to compete with other social media companies. In the days since it was removed from the Brazilian internet, more than 1 million Brazilians ...