Who is Judge Moraes of the Brazilian Supreme Court who ordered the suspension of X's services?
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Moraes graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Sao Paulo and received his doctorate in law with a dissertation on constitutional jurisdiction. After working at the Prosecutor's Office in the state of Sao Paulo, he became Secretary of Public Security in 2002. The state of Sao Paulo was in a turbulent state, with one in four murders committed by the police, but Moraes was criticized for concealing police violence. He was also criticized by left-wing activists for sending armored vehicles to suppress demonstrations.
He was appointed Minister of Justice under the Michel Temer administration. In a case where the president's wife's mobile phone was hacked and 300,000 reais (approximately 7.8 million yen) was demanded in exchange for information and photos, he mobilized an investigative team and immediately arrested the blackmailer. In March 2017, he became a justice of the Brazilian Supreme Court.
'It is true that Moraes' legal expertise played a part in his rise, but what got him to the Supreme Court was 99% political. Moraes is a political animal,' said constitutional law expert Antonio Carlos de Freitas, referring to Moraes' career. Meanwhile, a Supreme Court official described Moraes as 'a realist with a talent for dialogue with various parties, including the military.'
Temer's successor, President Jair Bolsonaro, also known as the 'Tropical Trump,' called Moraes 'scum' for investigating several of his allies and said he would not abide by his rulings. However, he lost the 2022 presidential election. He was subsequently found to have been plotting a coup, and an investigation is underway. Bolsonaro's plot to arrest Moraes was also included.
Bolsonaro was defeated in the 2022 presidential election by Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who served as president from 2003 to 2010. Moraes responded to attacks on court officials under Supreme Court President Dias Toffoli, who had served as da Silva's legal representative since 2019. In this role, he was criticized by other media for pressuring the investigative journalism site Crusoé to take down an article that implicated Toffoli in a major corruption case known as the ' Odebrecht Affair .'
Publicamos a reportagem da Crusoé que o STF censurou
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In 2022, the messaging app Telegram was suspended for ignoring court rulings and not blocking accounts spreading false information. Bolsonaro, who was president at the time, responded by saying, 'This ruling is unacceptable.'
Moraes issued the suspension of Telegram because he is in charge of dealing with the 'spread of misinformation on the Internet' at the Brazilian Supreme Court. Moraes has taken a tough stance since his time as Secretary of Public Security of the State of Sao Paulo, and eventually began blocking the accounts of prominent right-wing activists because right-wing accounts were being used to spread misinformation in the 2022 presidential election. He then criticized X for 'turning the platform into a megaphone for the right wing to spread conspiracy theories,' leading to a conflict with Elon Musk.
Americas Quarterly, which reports on the situation in the Americas, described Moraes as 'possibly the second most powerful man in Brazil.' During the 'last dictatorship in Brazil,' President Bolsonaro's reign, Moraes was one of the few people who could stand up to Bolsonaro, but because Brazilian courts have broader powers than the United States and other countries, he ended up 'having too much power.'
Due to the order to suspend service and the penalty for using X through a VPN, Bluesky has become popular as an alternative social networking site in Brazil, and the number of users has increased by 1 million in three days.
wow... welcome to the ONE MILLION new users in the last three days!!! 🎉
— Bluesky ( @bsky.app ) Sep 1, 2024 at 6:21
Uau... Bem-vindos ao UM MILHÃO de novos usuários nos últimos três dias!!! 🎉
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