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Why Brazil’s Supreme Court on August 30, 2024, ordered social media platform X to be shut down in the country?
AAll of Above
BElon Musk did not name a legal representative for his messaging platform in Brazil
CBecause of it immoral content
DBecause of AI influence
Correct answer
B. Elon Musk did not name a legal representative for his messaging platform in Brazil
Explanation
Brazil’s telecommunications regulator said on Friday it was suspending access to Elon Musk’s X social network in the country to comply with an order from a judge who has been locked in a months-long feud with the billionaire investor. The popular social media platform missed a court-imposed deadline on Thursday evening to name a legal representative in Brazil, triggering the suspension. Musk has argued that Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes was trying to enforce unjustified censorship, while the judge has insisted that social media needs hate speech regulations.