Brazil's X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky

This is one angle. But X is more a mouth piece for its ketamine soaked owner who has some pretty nasty views.

Plenty of places to share your view. At least, anyone can create a webpage.

I missed out on his climate change denialism - if true that seem strange from the head of one of the most successful EV companies and arguably the company that finally got the EV revolution started since all the others were dragging their feet. He further sells solar roofs and off grid power.

> Stop talking about stuff you don't understand.

I’ve mentioned the HN guidelines to you before, as this type of aggression is not ideal for this space. I understand you are very invested in this story - many people are, myself included. But this type of comment is not appropriate for Hacker News.

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> The court will judge the matter collectively in due time in accordance with Brazilian due process, but judges have the power to decide matters immediately when needed before waiting for the court.

I am not familiar with what you’re claiming here about the matter being judged collectively in due time with Brazilian due process - care to share a source?

I do think though that you aren’t quite responding to the point the GP comment made: First, X has nowhere to appeal to because the Supreme Court has refused to hear their appeals so far, which is something X has stated publicly. And of course, the person issuing these secret censorship orders is a member of the Brazilian Supreme Court, so there is also the conflict of interest. There may be no way to eliminate conflict of interest at this highest level court since other justices may feel intimidated by Alexandre de Moraes’s power, or they may simply be on his side as professional friends.

Also, this isn’t just my opinion. Many articles about Alexandre de Moraes mention the lack of paths for appeal. For example the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/26/world/americas/bolsonaro-...) said:

> Mr. Moraes has jailed five people without a trial for posts on social media that he said attacked Brazil’s institutions. He has also ordered social networks to remove thousands of posts and videos with little room for appeal.

Second, the GP comment made the point that the judiciary was functioning as the executive and legislative branches. They are correct about that, since no new legislation was passed to give Alexandre de Moraes this power. He effectively gave himself this power from the electoral court he was president of, by proposing to the court that he be granted these unilateral powers. That happened in 2022, and was flagged by journalists and legal experts as a threat to democracy at the time.

Nooooooooooo! I loved Orkut. Only social network I have fond memories of. I hope it doesn’t become X.

Its demise had felt sad. Really sad. Hatred for Google hadn’t taken proper shape by then. And it had died before being completely Googlified.

Could you please stop breaking the site guidelines? You've unfortunately been doing that badly and repeatedly in this thread, and we have to ban accounts that abuse the site this way.

I have no idea whether you're right or wrong on the topic—actually I don't even know what side you're on, or even what the sides are—but your posts have repeatedly crossed the line into being abusive and that's not cool.

I'm sure you can make your substantive points thoughtfully if you choose to, so please do that instead.

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