A judge in Sao Paulo ordered the social media platform previously known as Twitter to suspend operations in Brazil after petulant billionaire Elon Musk refused to comply with the court’s order to appoint a representative in Brazil, the Associated Press reports.
The order from Justice Alexandre de Moraes orders internet service providers in the country of 215 million people five days to block access to the site, which has repeatedly ignored Brazilian orders to remove disinformation about domestic politics and other topics to comply with national law. Musk refuses to comply with the court’s order, claiming it’s demanding censorship of right-wing speech.