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Musk rant incites debate on speech regulation
Billionaire Elon Musk continues his online tirade against speech moderation in Brazil, stepping up his attacks against Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes — and including President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the conversation.
Rage tweeting. After asking why Brazilian Congress allows Justice Moraes to have “the power of a brutal dictator,” Mr. Musk said lawmakers should “throw him out.” He then posted: “But since Alexandre pulled Lula out of prison and put his thumb on the scale to get Lula elected, Lula will obviously not take action against him.”
- There are several inaccuracies in Mr. Musk’s comments. For one, Lula can’t “take action” against Justice Moraes, even if he wanted to. The previous president loathed the justice to the marrow of his bones, and couldn’t do...