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WYM Mod Jul 30, 2025

Dan Mangan reveals that the U.S. Treasury has sanctioned Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes amid the turmoil surrounding former President Jair Bolsonaro, accused of serious offenses. Sanctions coincide with Trump's proposed 50% tariffs on Brazilian imports, highlighting a targeted effort against de Moraes's actions affecting free speech. Insights into this geopolitical tension can be found in the full article. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/30/trump-brazil-judge-sanctions-bolsonaro.html #Brazil #Sanctions #Bolsonaro #Trump #DeMoraes #Tariffs #Politics

U.S. sanctions Brazilian judge targeted by Trump over Bolsonaro case

The sanctions come before Trump plans to impose tariffs of 50% on imports from Brazil in part because of the prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro.

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Brandon 🇨🇦Feb 21, 2025

Brazil’s top court justice orders X to pay $1.4 million fine for non-compliance

https://apnews.com/article/brazil-supreme-court-x-social-media-alexandre-de-moraes-free-speech-3df6deba4d34a6bbddfde77cbf5719b9

> Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered X to pay 8.1 million Brazilian reais ($1.4 million) in fines for failing to comply with judicial orders, according to a judicial ruling.

#Twitter #X #ElonMusk #AdolfMusk #Brazil #deMoraes #AlexandreDeMoraes

Brazil's top court justice orders X to pay $1.4 million fine for non-compliance

Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ordered X to pay $1.4 million in fines for failing to comply with judicial orders. The social media platform previously had refused to provide registration data for a profile attributed to Allan dos Santos, an ally of former President Jair Bolsonaro accused of spreading falsehoods. X said it had blocked the account but could not provide the requested data. De Moraes then imposed a daily fine of $17,500. X appealed but later notified the court that would pay it. In the recent ruling, the justice ordered the company to pay the full amount immediately.

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Nonilex Sep 6, 2024

The fight reached a boil in recent days, when #deMoraes instructed #internet providers in #Brazil to cut off access to #X altogether & #Musk refused to block the site on #Starlink until the latter business got its accounts back.

In some ways, this is classic Musk, scuffling w/ govt agencies when he believes they’re infringing on HIS enterprises. “What a scumbag!” Musk posted about de Moraes yesterday, after Starlink reversed course & agreed to block X….

#Security #Tech #law #power #regulation

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Nonilex Sep 6, 2024

For months, #X & #Brazil SupremeCourt Justice Alexandre #deMoraes have been publicly feuding over Moraes’s order that X suspend dozens of user accounts, incl’g many belonging to #RightWing politicians & pundits, as part of what the judge has called a campaign against online #disinformation. #ElonMusk has largely ignored the demands, accusing de Moraes of censoring *conservative* voices. He kept ignoring it even as the court levied fines against X & froze #Starlink’s Brazilian financial assets….

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