(FILES) (COMBO) This file combination image of two pictures created on October 10, 2023, shows (L) SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair in Paris on June 16, 2023, and (R) the new Twitter logo rebranded as X, pictured on a screen in Paris on July 24, 2023. - The social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, announced October 17, 2023 that it has begun charging new users in New Zealand and the Philippines to use basic features like posting messages. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) / NO USE AFTER OCTOBER 28, 2023 02:00:33 GMT
(FILES) (COMBO) This file combination image of two pictures created on October 10, 2023, shows (L) SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair in Paris on June 16, 2023, and (R) the new Twitter logo rebranded as X, pictured on a screen in Paris on July 24, 2023. - The social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, announced October 17, 2023 that it has begun charging new users in New Zealand and the Philippines to use basic features like posting messages. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) / NO USE AFTER OCTOBER 28, 2023 02:00:33 GMT
Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, will shut down its local operations in Brazil, owner Elon Musk said on Saturday, although the service will remain available to Brazilian users.
“Due to demands by ‘Justice’ @Alexandre in Brazil that would require us to break (in secret) Brazilian, Argentinian, American and international law, X has no choice but to close our local operations in Brazil,” Musk posted, referring to Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes.
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