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Montevideo, January 21st 2025 - 10:56 UTC

Tag: Alexandre de Moraes

  • Thursday, January 16th 2025 - 22:03 UTC

    Bolsonaro denied passport to attend Trump's inauguration

    Once again De Moraes ruled against returning Bolsonaro his passport

    Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes deemed former President Jair Bolsonaro a flight risk and refused to return his passport, which the retired Army captain needed to attend Donald Trump's inauguration in Washington DC on Jan. 20. Bolsonaro is under investigation in various cases and had been ordered to surrender his travel document.

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  • Tuesday, January 14th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Brazil’s reacts to Meta’s decision to drop fact checking program, “social media will not become a lawless land”

    Brazil's Supreme Court will not allow technology companies to exploit their use of hate speech for profit, Moraes said

    Brazil’s government and Justice Branch have reacted strongly to Meta’s announcement to abandon its fact checking program. The country’s newly appointed Communication Minister Sidonio Palmeira criticized Meta's decision, calling it “bad for democracy.”

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  • Thursday, November 28th 2024 - 21:19 UTC

    De Moraes says there is no such thing as self-regulation of social media

    Social media are “a monetized business,” De Moraes argued

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre De Moraes said Thursday that the Jan. 8, 2023, uprising in the country's capital proved that self-regulation of social networks does not work as its defenders claim it does. The magistrate spoke of the system's “bankruptcy” as the STF resumed reviewing the liability of companies operating social networks for the content posted by users, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 10:53 UTC

    De Moraes allows X back in Brazil

    De Moraes said the company fulfilled the necessary requirements to return to operating

    Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes Tuesday ordered the social network X reinstated in South America's largest country after banning it for failing to comply with national laws and subsequent court decisions, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

    De Moraes says X paid fine to a wrong account

    De Moraes will not decide on X's future until he gets a report from the Attorney General's Office

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes said Friday that tycoon Elon Musk's social platform X had paid its R$ 28.6 million (US$ 5.24 million) fines to a wrong account and ordered this situation to be solved before allowing the service back, Agencia Brasil reported. X has been banned from South America's largest country since Aug. 30.

  • Saturday, September 28th 2024 - 10:06 UTC

    De Moraes imposes new fines on X before lifting the ban

    After the fines are paid, it remains to be seen whether De Moraes will reinstate the platform in Brazil

    Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes Moraes Friday ruled that tycoon Elon Musk's social media platform X must pay a R$ 10 million (US$ 1.84 million) fine to be reinstated, Agencia Brasil reported. The company had been banned from operating in the South American country for failing to comply with some orders from the judge regarding the suspension of users posting content deemed inappropriate.

  • Friday, September 27th 2024 - 09:58 UTC

    X complies with De Moraes' requirements and asks to be reinstated in Brazil

    De Moraes has no deadline to make a ruling

    Tycoon Elon Musk's social media platform X has submitted all the necessary paperwork before Brazil's Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre De Moraes to have its services reinstated in South America's largest country after being suspended last month for failing to comply with the magistrate's orders. De Moraes' decision to suspend X nationwide was later upheld unanimously by the STF's First Panel.

  • Saturday, September 14th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

    De Moraes collects X fines from Starlink accounts

    Having collected the fines, De Moraes lifted the freezings of the bank accounts of companies linked to tycoon Elon Musk

    Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes ordered funds in the amount of R$ 18.3 million (around US$ 3.29 million) from the Internet Service Provider Starlink transferred to the Federal Government in payments for fines he imposed on the social media platform X for failing to comply with his ruling.

  • Monday, September 9th 2024 - 10:12 UTC

    De Moraes shows up beside Lula while masses rally in Sao Paulo demanding his impeachment

    Scores of Bolsonarist fans also praised X owner Elon Musk for defending freedom of speech from De Moraes

    President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Saturday celebrated Brazil's Independence Day during a ritualistic military parade alongside controversial Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes and other high-ranking government officials while supporters of former head of state Jair Bolsonaro staged a mass rally on Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo in defense of free speech and demanding the magistrate's impeachment for banning X nationwide.

  • Wednesday, September 4th 2024 - 22:26 UTC

    Starlink now says it will ban X in Brazil

    Starlink's mother company SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell is advising people against traveling to South America's largest country

    Satellite internet service provider (ISP) Starlink backtracked on its initial decision and acquiesced to banning social media platform X nationwide as ordered by Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes and supported by fellow magistrates Luis Roberto Fux, Cármen Lúcia, Cristiano Zanin and Flávio Dino. Both X and SpaceX (Starlink's parent company) are owned by South African-born tycoon Elon Musk.

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