AGU Defends Social Media Regulation After Elon Musk Challenges Alexandre de Moraes’ Decisions

Union Attorney General Jorge Messias says “billionaires domiciled abroad” cannot have control of social networks and violate the rule of law

BRASILIA – The Attorney General of the Union, Jorge Messias, defended the regulation of social networks after the entrepreneur Elon Musk, owner, accused the magistrate of having committed censorship.

“It is urgent to regulate social networks. We cannot live in a society where billionaires domiciled abroad have control of social networks and put themselves in a position to violate the rule of law, not respecting court orders and threatening our authorities Social Peace is non-negotiable,” Messias wrote on the same network controlled by Elon Musk.

There is an urgent need to regulate social networks. We cannot live in a society where billionaires domiciled abroad have control of social networks and put themselves in a position to violate the rule of law, failing to comply with court orders and threatening our authorities. A…

— Jorge Messias (@jorgemessiasagu) April 6, 2024

Musk accused Moraes of promoting censorship in Brazil. First, it all started with a question: “Why do you ask for so much censorship in Brazil?” Subsequently, in a series of publications on the platform, the entrepreneur threatened to restore the accounts prohibited by the minister’s decisions, even if this would lead to X leaving his representation in Brazil and losing income.

“We are lifting all restrictions. This judge has imposed heavy fines, threatened to arrest our employees, and cut off access to X in Brazil,” Elon Musk wrote. “Content restrictions in Brazil have been removed,” he said in another post. Moraes and the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), chaired by the minister, did not comment.

The bill regulating fake news on social media, the so-called Fake News PL, has been stalled in Congress since the vote was overturned. According to Estadao revealed, big tech companies conducted a push and lobbying effort to remove the proposal from the legislative agenda. Now, the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) is studying other measures, such as taxing big technologies for specific projects.

Source: Terra

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