nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/350887086862fde6 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240913s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/350887086862fde6 doi eng 342 23 Conceição, Lucas Author aut Story of a Death Foretold - The Suspension of X in Brazil and its Constitutional Implications Conceição, Lucas Verfassungsblog 2024-09-13 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 30 August 2024, the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes suspended X (former Twitter) in Brazil. The decision follows a critical deterioration of the relationship between Elon Musk and Brazilian authorities, which became confrontational in April and hit an all-time high point of contention when the tech billionaire closed X's Brazilian office in mid-August. While Musk's attitude towards the Brazilian rule of law can be defined as delinquent, entitled, and anarchist, the Supreme Court’s decision to ban the platform in the country and establish hefty fines for any Brazilian attempting to use a VPN to access it is also controversial. Within the complexity of democratic erosion and digital policy in Brazil, the judicial expansion of power vis-à-vis the struggle against disinformation has been observed at least in the last five years, and the lack of a general legal framework regulating digital platforms supports these immediate but many times inefficient and legitimacy eroding measures. CC BY-SA 4.0 Brasilien Brazil Brazilian Supreme Court Rule of Law Twitter Inc. | San Francisco Calif. (DE-588)4008003-1 gnd Brasilien (DE-588)1043880933 gnd Twitter Inc. | San Francisco Calif. Avelar, Mariana Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/brazil-twitter-x-ban-musk-constitutionalism/ raw object