They have been told they will be arrested
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 9, 2024
Elon Musk claimed Tuesday that Brazilian X employees are not safe and have been told they will be arrested, the latest development in an escalating feud between the billionaire, his social media firm and Brazilian authorities after the country’s Supreme Court ordered a probe into the alleged spread of fake news and misinformation on the platform.
We need to get our employees in Brazil to a safe place or otherwise not in a position of responsibility, then we will do a full data dump
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 9, 2024
Musk said “we will do a full data dump” of information on the Brazilian judge—who Brazil’s political right frequently criticize as overstepping his authority to censor free speech—once employees are in a safe place.
Musk said Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite internet venture, will provide free internet for Brazilian schools if the government doesn’t honor existing contracts with the company. The government has reportedly threatened to cut ties with the company in its feud with Musk.
🚨🇧🇷 BREAKING: X employees in Brazil have been told they’ll be arrested. Once they’re secure, Elon will do a full data dump on @alexandre and @LulaOficial.
Anyone who still believes that Brazil is not a judicial quasi-dictatorship is living in a fantasy. pic.twitter.com/aqiyPDg95B
— Dr. Simon Goddek (@goddeketal) April 9, 2024
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