The platform agrees to appoint a legal representative in Brazil, pays fines and takes down user accounts that the court had ordered removed

Elon Musk fought the law. The law appears to have won.

X, Musk’s social media platform, has backed down in its fight with the Brazilian judiciary, after complying with court orders that had blocked users in the country from accessing X.

The platform bowed to one of the key demands made by Brazil’s supreme court by appointing a legal representative in the country. It also paid outstanding fines and took down user accounts that the court had ordered to be removed on the basis that they threatened the country’s democracy, the New York Times reported.

However, the battle is not quite over. The supreme court said X had not filed the proper documentation showing that it had appointed Rachel de Oliveira Conceicao as its Brazilian representative. It gave the company five days to present documents validating her appointment.

  • MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.networkEnglish
    24·
    1 month ago

    Musk has objected to legal orders to remove some posts and accounts in Brazil and Australia, claiming he was a champion of free speech, although he has been less vocal about removing content in countries such as Turkey and India.

    What a coincidence he doesn’t have a problem following countries with leaders infamous for oppressing minorities.

  • Cyborganism@lemmy.caEnglish
    244·
    1 month ago

    You know, Elon is not the one really dealing with this. It’s still employees.

    Not defending Elon or X here though. They got what they deserved.

    I wonder what goes through his employees’ heads who are still working there. Do they still even believe in the service??? Do they support their boss?

    • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      30·
      1 month ago

      They collect their paychecks and hope they never have to deal with him on any personal basis. It’s not too dissimilar from most jobs in that regard, but these were all once companies that employees might have put extra pride/effort into in the past. Doubtful much of that enthusiasm remains under these guy.

    • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
      17·
      1 month ago

      Pretty sure anyone that’s left are the guys that bought into the Elon mystique, so they sort of got what they signed up for.

      • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        21·
        1 month ago

        Or they have visas that don’t let them quit, or well let’s be honest, Musk is not special, doesn’t really matter which psychopath you’re working for. He’s just loud.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
          4·
          1 month ago

          Exactly. When it’s a choice between a decently-paying IT job for a shitty company in the U.S. or living in poverty in Mumbai, I don’t blame any of them for sticking with the job.

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
              4·
              1 month ago

              I can’t answer that. I wasn’t being arbitrary apart from arbitrarily picking a city in India. A large number of H1-B visa holders who work at Twitter come from India.

              • eskimofry@lemm.eeEnglish
                2·
                1 month ago

                Actually you don’t need to. Mumbai is so expensive that the phrase “1st world prices for 3rd world conditions” applies.

      • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        If not… maybe they’re being compensated accordingly. We can hope.

        So if you’re a hiring manager and someone has experience working for him but doesn’t fawn over him, maybe you give them some serious credit and figure they were probably decent at their job plus they can work with anybody.

  • MaxPow3r11@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    1 month ago

    Elon sowing: “fuck yeah. Fuck you. Go fuck yourselves. I am the best. Memes. 420”

    Elon reaping: “…”

    • Aceticon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      1 month ago

      Yeah, but unless less they’re from a Portuguese or Spanish language speaking country their keyboard won’t have a ç or a ~ and it’s a pain in the arse to type that name correctly in a keyboard without those such as an UK keyboard (as I know from experience).

      So give them a break.

      • HeyJoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 month ago

        Whenever I have to type a word similar to that, I normally google it, which finds the correct spelling and then copy-paste it into whatever I am doing.

        • Tja@programming.devEnglish
          2·
          1 month ago

          But it’s like really hard. Like, takes dozens of seconds. Dozens! You cannot expect that level of effort just because it’s someone’s job!

  • PenisDuckCuck9001@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    If Elon ever starts building android soldier robots or maybe buys Boston Dynamics, we’ll know why.

    I still have the space for “robot apocalypse” open on my societal collaspe bingo card. It’s not a question of if an unhinged billionaire is going to someday overthrow an entire country, it’s a question of when.