Trump Media & Technology Group, of which Trump owns a majority stake, teamed up with right-wing backed video platform Rumble to file a lawsuit Wednesday against Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, accusing him of illegal political censorship.
The lawsuit alleges Moraes “violated the free speech protections of the First Amendment when he ordered the suspension of the U.S.-based accounts of a specific well-known, politically outspoken user” from Brazil who’s currently in asylum in Florida, as AP News reported.
Moraes had previously ordered the person’s arrest for allegedly spreading disinformation.
Some Context
In recent years, Brazil, similar to the European Union, has implemented measures to change the way information is spread online. These measures have occasionally incited concern among those who consider it likely this could be censorship.
Musk’s platform, X, was temporarily banned in Brazil for dissemination of misinformation and extremism. However, the prohibition was lifted last year after the company paid millions of dollars in fines and appointed a Brazilian lawyer as its local representative in compliance with the law. […]
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