Elon Musk is under investigation by the Brazilian justice system after he attacked a judge

Disagreements flare up between Brazilian justice and billionaire Elon Musk. A Brazilian Supreme Court judge just opened an investigation on Sunday against the owner of Platform X (formerly Twitter).

Alexandre de Moraes, a magistrate and leader of Brazil’s fight against disinformation, ordered the blocking of the accounts of influential social media figures, most of whom sympathize with far-right ex-President Jair Bolsonaro (in power from 2019 to 2022). . He also ordered a “social network.” Social networks are not a lawless country! “,” he insisted in capital letters in his legal ruling.

In his ruling, the judge also suggested “criminal exploitation of X” by the billionaire, who is also an executive at Space X and Tesla.

It must be said that since this weekend, Elon Musk has not been afraid to attack this judge. On Saturday evening, the billionaire launched a series of attacks on “We will probably lose all our income in Brazil and will have to close our offices there. But principles are more important than profit,” he insisted. On Sunday he returned to the prosecution, saying Judge Alexandre de Moraes should “resign or be removed from office” for his “brazen and repeated betrayal of the constitution and people of Brazil.”

Moreover, this case is also becoming a political issue in the country. Shortly after the Tesla boss’s first attacks on the judge on Saturday, Jorge Messias, the Union attorney general in charge of defending the interests of Lula’s government, called for “urgent regulation of social media.” “We cannot live in a society where billionaires living abroad control social media and are willing to violate the rule of law by disobeying court orders and threatening our authorities,” he said. he added on X, without mentioning Mr Musk by name. . Conversely, many of Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters welcomed the billionaire’s stance. “I hope that something historic has begun: the return of freedom to our country,” MP Nicholas Ferreira said on X.