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The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has said he hopes the crisis surrounding the social network X in Brazil might teach the world that “it isn’t obliged to put up with [Elon] Musk’s far-right free-for-all just because he is rich”.

Lula’s comments to the network CNN Brasil came after the supreme court voted unanimously on Monday to uphold the ban on X, which is now largely inaccessible in one of its biggest global markets.

The suspension was first ordered on Friday as a result of the company’s refusal to obey court orders requiring the removal of profiles accused of spreading disinformation and for the social network to name a local legal representative.

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[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 14 points 2 months ago

He also got arrested for one of the largest corruption scandals in the history of Brazil. It’s a complex person. We can criticize his vices and praise his virtues at the same time.

[-] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oh arrested? Wow, only guilty people are arrested by states led by their fascist political rivals. If he's arrested, he must be guilty. That's how justice works.

You could've said "convicted", but that was annulled and a UN human rights committee found that:

The committee concluded that prosecutors and the lead judge in the investigation, Sergio Moro, showed bias in Lula's case, violating his right to be presumed innocent.

I'm not a fan of politicians in general, but I'd take these charges more seriously if the people prosecuting them weren't so flagrantly politically motivated and breaking the rules. Presumably the reason he was tried in the wrong court was because the state was shopping for a judge that wouldn't give him a fair trial. If he's that guilty, they've muddied the waters by not actually caring about his guilt, and it's going to be way harder to get anything to stick anymore. Like they were in charge of the whole fucking country, how were they this bad at persecuting him?

What I do know is that when a fascist like Bolsonaro is that mad at you, you might actually be doing something right.

[-] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 months ago

To be fair, you don't have to be doing anything for fascisti to hate you. That's kinda their schtick.

[-] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

Cooking up charges and rigging a court case specifically to take you down is a different level of hate though.

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