"The people of Brazil are sending a message!"
By Tyler Durden: Thousands of Brazilians flooded city streets on Saturday to protest
against the government's censorship crusade against Elon Musk's
'free-speech' X platform.
The demonstration, held Saturday on Independence Day, was led by former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro - who said in response to Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes: "I
hope that the Federal Senate puts the brakes on Alexandre de Moraes,
this dictator who does more harm to Brazil than Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva himself."
Several notable X accounts, including journalist Michael Shellenberger,
are reporting from Sao Paulo's main boulevard, where tens of thousands
have gathered today in opposition to far-left Brazilian President Luiz
Inácio Lula da Silva and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes that
recently blocked X nationwide.
Here's more from Shellenberger on the situation:
Brazilian President Lula and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes say they must block X to protect Brazil's independence.
X is a platform for dangerous, false, and hateful words, they say, and
many of those words violate Brazil's laws and Constitution.
But their censorship goes far beyond what Brazil's constitution allows.
The government demanded that X and other social media networks censor
and ban individual people, including journalists and politicians. Such
bans are immoral, illegal, and unconstitutional. They constitute
election interference and undermine democracy by preventing candidates
from getting the word out.