Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s country does not matter that much when it comes to questions of war in Europe or the Middle East. He should stop pretending it does, and concentrate on matters closer to home https://t.co/HwyUAe13JX
Illustration: Lehel Kovács
Janja é a materialização da contradição: grita ‘igualdade’ vestida de Chanel, se diz do povo desfilando com Dior, e prega simplicidade enquanto carrega Louboutin nos pés.
É uma militante de boutique daquelas que falam em empoderamento em jantares de mil dólares. Não bastasse o conteúdo raso, a forma é ainda pior.
Falta-lhe elegância, falta postura, falta compostura.
E falta, sobretudo, noção. Janja não tem sequer o básico de etiqueta - e nem finge ter.
Não domina o silêncio, não compreende o lugar que ocupa e tampouco sabe que menos é mais.
Espalhafatosa, inconveniente, deslumbrada. Confunde protagonismo com interrupção, achando que o microfone é seu por direito divino.
Transformou o papel de primeira-dama numa passarela de egocentrismo.
Onde deveria haver sensatez, há vaidade.
Onde se esperava empatia, há exibicionismo.
Onde o Brasil precisava de discrição, ela oferece espetáculo.
É um show de futilidade embalada em clichês progressistas.
Uma performance pobre sustentada por grifes caras.
E enquanto posa ao lado da esposa do ditador chinês como se estivesse num editorial de moda, o Brasil sangra.
Janja não representa o povo. Representa uma elite ensimesmada, embriagada pelo próprio reflexo, que acredita que lacrar em vídeo e discursar sobre ‘esperança’ resolve a realidade de um país em colapso.
Vaidade sem inteligência.
Uma mulher que tem tudo — menos classe” (BBC News
Brasil, 06/05/25)
.@BolsonaroSP has become a popular face and media presence showing the face of Brazil’s government tyranny to the world. So naturally, the tyrant regime in Brazil is now seizing his passport to stop the world from seeing him.
Soon, we expect Judge Alexandre de Moraes will order X to be shut down in Brazil – simply because we would not comply with his illegal orders to censor his political opponents. These enemies include a duly elected Senator and a 16-year-old girl, among others.
When we attempted to defend ourselves in court, Judge de Moraes threatened our Brazilian legal representative with imprisonment. Even after she resigned, he froze all of her bank accounts. Our challenges against his manifestly illegal actions were either dismissed or ignored. Judge de Moraes’ colleagues on the Supreme Court are either unwilling or unable to stand up to him.
We are absolutely not insisting that other countries have the same free speech laws as the United States. The fundamental issue at stake here is that Judge de Moraes demands we break Brazil’s own laws. We simply won’t do that.
In the days to come, we will publish all of Judge de Moraes’ illegal demands and all related court filings in the interest of transparency.
Unlike other social media and technology platforms, we will not comply in secret with illegal orders.
To our users in Brazil and around the world, X remains committed to protecting your freedom of speech.
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Em breve, esperamos que o Ministro Alexandre de Moraes ordene o bloqueio do X no Brasil – simplesmente porque não cumprimos suas ordens ilegais para censurar seus opositores políticos. Dentre esses opositores estão um Senador devidamente eleito e uma jovem de 16 anos, entre outros.
Quando tentamos nos defender no tribunal, o Ministro ameaçou prender nossa representante legal no Brasil. Mesmo após sua renúncia, ele congelou todas as suas contas bancárias. Nossas contestações contra suas ações manifestamente ilegais foram rejeitadas ou ignoradas. Os colegas do Ministro Alexandre de Moraes no Supremo Tribunal Federal estão ou impossibilitados de ou não querem enfrentá-lo.
Não estamos absolutamente insistindo que outros países tenham as mesmas leis de liberdade de expressão dos Estados Unidos. A questão fundamental em jogo aqui é que o Ministro Alexandre de Moraes exige que violemos as próprias leis do Brasil. Simplesmente não faremos isso.
Nos próximos dias, publicaremos todas as exigências ilegais do Ministro e todos os documentos judiciais relacionados, para fins de transparência.
Ao contrário de outras plataformas de mídia social e tecnologia, não cumpriremos ordens ilegais em segredo.
Aos nossos usuários no Brasil e ao redor do mundo, o X continua comprometido em proteger sua liberdade de expressão.
Glenn Greenwald On Brazil's Alexandre De Moraes' Authoritarian Censorship Regime Targeting Elon Musk, Starlink, and 𝕏
Context and Situation:
In Brazil, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has initiated aggressive actions against X, compelling the platform to comply with censorship orders targeting political figures. The orders demand the removal of elected senators and congress members from the platform, actions which X has resisted due to their political motivation and lack of due process. In response, de Morais has threatened to arrest X executives in Brazil and demanded that X appoint a legal representative in the country to enforce these orders.
X’s Response:
Elon Musk, owner of X, announced the closure of all X offices in Brazil and the relocation of its executives outside the country, citing safety concerns. Despite this, de Morais issued a 24-hour ultimatum for X to comply with the censorship orders or face being blocked in Brazil entirely, leaving the platform inaccessible to all Brazilians except those using VPNs.
Legal and Political Maneuvers:
De Moraes’ demands are part of a broader trend in which authoritarian regimes exert control over online platforms to suppress dissent. This has extended beyond X, with the blocking of financial assets of Starlink, another Musk-owned company, despite no wrongdoing on its part. De Moraes’ actions align with increasing censorship efforts seen in Brazil and other nations, where governments seek to maintain control over public discourse by stifling opposition voices online.
Global Context and Implications:
This situation is part of a global pattern where governments, both in democratic and authoritarian states, are increasingly imposing stringent controls over internet platforms. These controls are often justified by claims of national security or the need to prevent misinformation, yet they effectively limit free speech and the exchange of ideas. The trend began intensifying around 2016, following political events like Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, which demonstrated the power of the internet in shaping public opinion independent of traditional media gatekeepers.
Conclusion:
The actions by Brazil’s Supreme Court, particularly those of Justice De Moraes, represent a significant threat to internet freedom. They illustrate how governments can leverage legal and economic pressures to force compliance with censorship demands, thus curtailing the ability of platforms like X to serve as open forums for public debate. This reflects a broader, concerning trend of increasing censorship and control over online spaces by governments worldwide, undermining democratic principles and the free exchange of ideas.
@ggreenwald Quotes:
"The indescribably authoritarian judge on the Brazil Supreme Court, Alessandra de Morais, who essentially runs the country, threatened X's Brazilian executives that they would immediately be arrested if X did not instantly comply with censorship orders to censor elected members of the Senate and the Congress.
"There's no due process provided, and these people have not been convicted of crimes. It's just this politically motivated judge ordering these people banned from the internet. X did not want to cooperate with that, so this threat was issued. We're going to arrest X executives inside Brazil unless you comply."
"It's expected, especially for Western companies, that they're not going to comply with authoritarian regimes and shut down all opposition. That is considered immoral. All of the authoritarian countries that we are taught to hate have had a constant conflict with big tech over its refusal to censor dissidents or opponents of the government, and now this is contaminating the Western world."
"In 2022, Elon Musk was awarded official commendations from Brazil's authorities for his benevolent act of providing free internet connections to many of the poorest areas in Brazil that the government hadn't been able to provide on their own. And yet, somehow, this judge, even though there's no finding that Starlink itself did anything wrong, has blocked Starlink's bank accounts in Brazil to punish X."
"It is genuinely remarkable the lengths to which not just Brazil but countries throughout the democratic world are now willing to go to prevent the internet from being a free exchange of ideas where human beings can organize freely and privately because they recognize that is the one threat to establishment power and the status quo ruling class prerogatives."
"This is happening in the ostensibly Western democratic world. I cannot do anything more in terms of words to express how extreme, how severe, and how dangerous this trend is."
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Mr. Musk, I am a former Brazilian Olympian and now an American journalist currently living in Los Angeles. We have a daily show on YouTube that achieves more that 500k views daily (Oeste Sem Filtro). We denounce every day all of these atrocities committed against our freedoms in Brazil. In fact, it was just exposed by @ggreenwald that our press outlet (Revista Oeste) was one of Alexandre de Moraes’ censorship targets.
Would you and consider giving me an interview? I can come to where is more convenient for you or we can do it online as well.
We are grateful for what you’ve done for the freedom of speech globally, and we are also very concerned about the globalist tyrants and censors attacking the pillars of the free western civilization.
The decision to close the 𝕏 office in Brazil was difficult, but, if we had agreed to @alexandre’s (illegal) secret censorship and private information handover demands, there was no way we could explain our actions without being ashamed.
We have received further demands for censorship and for the personal account information of our users, impacting not just Brazilians but residents of the United States and Argentina. We share those here in the interests of essential transparency.
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Recebemos mais pedidos de censura e de informações de contas pessoais de nossos usuários, afetando não apenas brasileiros, mas também residentes dos Estados Unidos e da Argentina. Compartilhamos essas informações aqui no propósito essencial de garantir transparência.