Brazil’s Supreme Court on Sunday named tweaker billionaire Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation into fake news and opened a new investigation into obstruction, the AP reports.
“The flagrant conduct of obstruction of Brazilian justice, incitement of crime, the public threat of disobedience of court orders and future lack of cooperation from the platform are facts that disrespect the sovereignty of Brazil,” wrote Justice Alexandre de Moraes in the decision after having publicly named Musk as a target in a “disinformation campaign” against the court. The whole shitshow started when Musk publicly vowed to ignore court orders to ban far-right, pro-Bolsonaro Brazilian accounts connected to the January 8th, 2023 Brasilia Capitol riot.