In recent news, it has been reported that Social media platform X has received an inquiry from the U.S. House of Representatives. The inquiry was made “regarding actions taken in Brazil that were in violation of Brazilian law,” Elon Musk said on Wednesday in a post on X.
According to Musk, X was asked to suspend the accounts of “sitting members of the Brazilian parliament and many journalists.”
This move by the U.S. House comes after Brazil Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes opened an inquiry on Sunday into Musk. This was after he said he would reactivate accounts on X that the judge had ordered blocked.
In case X fails to comply with the order to block certain accounts, the company will be fined 100,000 reais ($19,736.32) per day, Moraes said. The standoff between Brazil and the billionaire started when Musk, the owner of X, challenged the decision by Moraes ordering the blocking of certain accounts.
Musk, who is a self-declared free speech absolutist, has said X, formerly known as Twitter, would lift all the restrictions because they were unconstitutional. He also called on Moraes to resign. In a post last week, Musk stated, “This judge has applied massive fines, threatened to arrest our employees and cut off access to X in Brazil. As a result, we will probably lose all revenue in Brazil and have to shut down our office there. But principles matter more than profit.”
