Elon Musk Faces U.S. House Inquiry Over Brazil Conflict
TL;DR
Elon Musk revealed that X received a query from the U.S. House of Representatives regarding its actions in Brazil, where it was asked to suspend accounts of Brazilian parliament members and journalists. This comes after a Brazil Supreme Court judge opened an inquiry into Musk for challenging the decision to block certain accounts on X. Musk, a self-declared free-speech absolutist, has criticized the judge's actions and threatened to shut down X's operations in Brazil, emphasizing that principles matter more than profit.
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