Republicans on the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government say the Brazilian government is using 'disinformation' as a guise to shut down critics
Republicans on the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government report they have a bombshell investigation into the Brazilian government's efforts to suppress critics on the social media platform X. The committee’s investigation says Brazil's government threatened X and its CEO, Elon Musk, to shut down hundreds of accounts — many of which are critical of the Brazilian government.
The accounts targeted, according to the report, were "critics of the Brazilian government and include former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, conservative members of the federal legislature, journalists, members of the judiciary, and even a gospel singer and a pop radio station" The subcommittee says X indicated that court decisions in Brazil were forcing it to block these accounts and faced threats of not just fines but the arrest of X employees, causing X to shut down in Brazil.
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