Musk and Brazilian justice spar over freedom to post in Brazil

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Many parts of the world are debating what people should be allowed to say in online forums. And whether those forums, like the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, are responsible for policing hate speech and misinformation. Billionaire Elon Musk, who owns X, is not happy with the way this discussion is going in Brazil, so he’s pulled his operations out of South America’s largest country. Michael Fox reports from southern Brazil.

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