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Brazil's X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky

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420 points rvz | 1 comments | 31 Aug 24 13:28 UTC | HN request time: 7.332s | source
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Adrian_Ferreira ◴[01 Sep 24 04:57 UTC] No.41414410[source]▶
I'm from Brazil and this judge is totally out of control. I agree that X needs to have a legal representative in Brazil, this is correct anywhere, but he threatened a fine of 200k and imprisonment to the person Musk appointed as representative if his stricture orders were not complied with. He threatened us to pay $9k in fines per day if we use VPN to access X. Unless you are part of the government base, it is difficult to find someone who approves of his actions.
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jimbob45 ◴[01 Sep 24 05:28 UTC] No.41414535[source]▶
Do you not have some sort of expedited appeals process in Brazil to short circuit maverick judges like this?
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1. throwadobe ◴[01 Sep 24 15:47 UTC] No.41417857[source]▶
Please don't buy into the lazy narrative that this is a "maverick judge". That's an incorrect take that is fueled by political propaganda.