This time, it’s Brazil. If you’re not following the saga, the story is apparently that ex-Twitter, now controlled by Elon Musk (not the CEO, though; you can’t even really say he’s the owner without qualifying about the interests of other investors and – don’t forget – the debtholders), ignored the order of Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to remove certain accounts associated with hate speech and misinformation. Apparently out of fear that Twitter’s Brazilian employees would be arrested, Twitter shut down its Brazilian offices. At that point, Twitter was out of compliance with a Brazilian requirement that a legal representative be present in the country … (more)
[Ann Lipton, Business Law Prof Blog, 7 September 2024]
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