X blocked accounts and paid $5 million in fines to get back online in Brazil.
  • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzEnglish
    152·
    1 year ago

    Can confirm that it’s on again:

    If the Brazilian government had actual laws against the issue with Xitter /'ʃɪtə/ - i.e. the fact that it’s a Nazi nest - it wouldn’t be on again. However Moraes did it through some bloody convoluted way, that stinks “ackshyually” from a distance; first obsessing over that Monark clown, then the representative, then a fine that amounts to pocket money for both sides. As a result, it’s on again, “yay” /s

    The key here is that legislations (not just the Brazilian one; I’m talking on general grounds) need to distinguish between

    • a platform that transparently conveys the discourse of its users, thus not being responsible for what they say; and
    • a platform that opaquely “suggests” you what you “should” be seeing, through an algorithm that you cannot reasonably modify, thus being liable for what it shows you

    Faecesbook and YouTube fall into the later, but Xitter specially so, as Elon Muppet’s personal soapbox.

    So, let’s give a round of claps to Dickhead for the Effort and Good Intentions® /s.

    “By ‘free speech,’ I simply mean that which matches the law. I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law,”

    Cut off the crap. You were probably babbling this on the grounds of that “first amendment” crap that holds no grounds outside USA.

    Bolsonaro and his supporters praised Musk for refusing to block accounts

    Of course he did. He might not be himself eligible any more, but odds are that whoever will compete for the Republic’s Party Liberal Party in 2026 will be basically his meatpuppet. People often compare this shite with Trump, but they forget to mention that, unlike Trump, Bolsonaro is not braindead.

    President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva previously said that businesses in Brazil must follow local laws and that the country is “not obliged to put up with Musk’s far-right ideology just because he is rich.”

    Lula, you’re only there because you’re less worse than Bostonaro. Now go drink some booze and shut up.

      • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzEnglish
        42·
        1 year ago

        It’s in Italian. I should’ve changed it before the screenshot, but it takes effort to do so, and I’m lazy.

        My computer settings are all in Italian, to avoid getting rusty with the language. Sabe como é - não usa, enferruja.

      • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        He’s a jumento / donkey and a piece of shit on moral and ethical grounds; he doesn’t give a flying fuck about the population, and seems to have a burning hate against marginalised groups. However, he isn’t too prone to shoot his own feet.

        This is relevant in this case because social media is essential for what he’s doing: gathering support for his meat puppet’s potential election, while playing the victim of an anti-democratic government. “Poor me, I was unjustly prevented from being a candidate! The powers to be don’t want me to! Vote on $person by the way.” As such his interests align really well with Musk.