Endless Censorship Demands from Brazil

Mirror: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twiiit.com&#x2F;ggreenwald&#x2F;status&#x2F;1777392222851240334" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twiiit.com&#x2F;ggreenwald&#x2F;status&#x2F;1777392222851240334</a><p>That bounces to a random Nitter instance (there are a few still working), to show the subsequent posts and replies.<p>The next post in the series (it comes from ggreenwald as well) also seems relevant:<p><pre><code> Last year, we received one of the censorship orders sent by Moraes. This was *after* the 2022 election and thus after these powers expired. You can see: they are done with no notice to those banned, and with a requirement that the order be kept secret: </code></pre> • <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nitter.privacydev.net&#x2F;pic&#x2F;orig&#x2F;media%2FFmaDDYxWYAY9kDx.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nitter.privacydev.net&#x2F;pic&#x2F;orig&#x2F;media%2FFmaDDYxWYAY9k...</a><p>• <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nitter.privacydev.net&#x2F;pic&#x2F;orig&#x2F;media%2FFmaDE0BWAAEBehX.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nitter.privacydev.net&#x2F;pic&#x2F;orig&#x2F;media%2FFmaDE0BWAAEBe...</a><p>• <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nitter.privacydev.net&#x2F;pic&#x2F;orig&#x2F;media%2FFmaDGF7XkAECcKh.png" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nitter.privacydev.net&#x2F;pic&#x2F;orig&#x2F;media%2FFmaDGF7XkAECc...</a><p>• <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nitter.privacydev.net&#x2F;pic&#x2F;orig&#x2F;media%2FFmaDG1VXgAAJ2pC.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nitter.privacydev.net&#x2F;pic&#x2F;orig&#x2F;media%2FFmaDG1VXgAAJ2...</a>

Do we need to rethink the idea of global social media platforms? Maybe even the idea of a global internet. If countries like Brazil or India want to have everything censored then perhaps western companies should simply withdraw their main platform and create some subsidiary application solely for people within each of those countries.

2 hours, no reason given, order of confidentiality? Straight up abuse of power.

&gt;Given 2 hours to suspend an account or face massive fines.<p>&gt;Being given demands to suspend sitting members of parliament and major journalists, and moreover we could not tell them that this was at the behest of the Alexandre Moraes [the judge they are discussing] and we had to pretend it was due to our rules of service. That was the final straw and we said no.

Glad to see that the world is finally starting to notice Brazil has become a judicial dictatorship.

Is there a trustworthy actor on either side here?

Will this anti-censorship stance extend to every government that routinely demands Twitter hide content they find inconvenient, or just the governments that Elon Musk doesn&#x27;t want to cooperate with?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2023&#x2F;apr&#x2F;05&#x2F;twitter-accused-of-censorship-in-india-as-it-blocks-modi-critics-elon-musk" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2023&#x2F;apr&#x2F;05&#x2F;twitter-accuse...</a>

Is this the part where — in order to avoid being downloaded or flagged — everyone continues to pretend that Musk really is a &quot;free speech absolutist&quot;, instead of acknowledging a clear and distinct pattern of what he enforces, and against whom?

Brazil is under a judiciary kind of government regime, having that Alexandre Moreas as their supreme leader.<p>They&#x27;re hostile to high tech companies and entrepreneurs, but ok with the organized crime.

Related:<p><i>Musk challenges Brazil&#x27;s order to block certain X accounts</i><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=39962568">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=39962568</a>

@dang it looks like some political group are clicking on the flag button. Without moderation it&#x27;s probably for the best, political divisiveness doesn&#x27;t belong here, but I fail to see how this story is divisive except perhaps the fact it&#x27;s related to a judge appointed by a president. Consider unflagging it and delete&#x2F;warn&#x2F;ban overly political divisive comments.

Censorship is a tool. One can wield it appropriately, or grossely misuse it.

Tired of Musk fanboi’s conflicting hate speech and disinformation with freedom. Tired of North Americans and Europeans that have zero context about nuances of Brazilian recent history and struggles, thinking their shallow opinions and misconceptions should be accepted as facts. Really tired of tech bros that think everything that is against their ability to troll is censorship.