ブラジル最高裁、Ｘのサービス停止命令を支持

【ブラジリアＡＦＰ＝時事】ブラジル最高裁の小法廷は２日、実業家のイーロン・マスク氏が所有するＸ（旧ツイッター）の国内利用を禁じる判事の判決を支持した。（写真は実業家でＸ（旧ツイッター）のオーナーでもあるイーロン・マスク氏〈左〉とブラジル最高裁判所のアレシャンドレ・ジモラエス判事）
　最高裁のアレシャンドレ・ジモラエス判事は８月３０日、同国でのＸのサービス停止を命じた。翌３１日の朝以降、Ｘへのアクセスは遮断されている。
　ジモラエス判事を含む最高裁小法廷の判事５人はこの日、停止命令をめぐり採決を行い、全員一致で支持した。
　ジモラエス判事は、「イーロン・マスクはブラジルの主権、特に司法を全く尊重せず、国の法に束縛されない真の超国家的存在として振る舞った」と指摘。また、フラビオ・ジノ判事は「表現の自由は度重なる法制度違反を正当化するものではない」と語った。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/09/03-17:55）

Brazil's Supreme Court on Monday ratified the decision by one of its judges to suspend Elon Musk's X social network for alleged judicial transgressions.
Access to the network in the country has been blocked since Saturday morning, hours after judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered the suspension of the platform.
Moraes's ruling came after Musk failed to comply with an order to name a new legal representative for the company in Brazil -- a requirement X has rejected as illegal.
Moraes and Musk have been locked in a high-profile feud for months as the judge has vowed to fight disinformation and Musk claims the supremacy of free speech.
On Monday, five Supreme Court judges, including Moraes himself, voted in a virtual session to uphold his ruling.
Elon Musk demonstrated his total disrespect for Brazilian sovereignty and, in particular, the judiciary, positioning himself as a true supranational entity, immune to the laws of countries, Moraes said in the new ruling.
His colleague Flavio Dino added that freedom of expression does not excuse repeated violations of the legal system.
Musk, who also owns Tesla and SpaceX, reacted with fury to last Friday's order, branding Moraes as an evil dictator cosplaying as a judge and accusing him of trying to destroy democracy in Brazil.
The standoff began when Moraes ordered the suspension of several X accounts belonging to supporters of Brazil's former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro.
Bolsonaro had tried to discredit the voting systems used during the country's 2022 elections, which he lost.
Brazilian authorities are investigating whether Bolsonaro plotted a coup attempt to prevent his successor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, from assuming office in January 2023.
Online users blocked by Moraes include far-right ex-congressman Daniel Silveira, who was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2022 on charges of leading a movement to overthrow the Supreme Court.
In April, Moraes ordered an investigation of Musk, accusing him of reactivating some of the banned accounts.
Musk is also the subject of a separate investigation into the alleged use of public money to orchestrate disinformation campaigns in favor of Bolsonaro and those close to him.
The suspension of X came just over a month before municipal elections are to be held in Brazil.
In August, X announced it was shuttering its offices in Brazil due to the Moraes's actions, but assured clients they would still have access to its services.
Until Friday, X counted about 22 million users in Brazil, according to the site DataReportal.