Elon Musk assures probe into suspension of far-right Brazilian politicians from Twitter

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has promised a probe into the suspension of the accounts of a number of far-right personalities in Brazil over a grievance about free speech denial.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 8, 2022 08:56 IST

By India Today Web Desk: Twitter CEO Elon Musk has promised to look into the suspension of a number of far-right personalities’ accounts in Brazil following a grievance about being denied free speech.

Twitter Brasil has suspended the accounts of three right-wing politicians who’ve just lately been elected to Congress, together with Carla Zambelli, Gustavo Gayer, and Nikolas Ferreira, a 26-year-old who acquired 1.5 million votes and has 2 million followers.

They and different supporters of president Jair Bolsonaro have been faraway from the platform prior to now week in response to an undisclosed authorized demand.

All of them criticised the choice, as did Paulo Figueiredo Filho, the grandson of Joo Figueiredo, Brazil’s navy president between 1979 and 1985, and now a commentator for the rightwing media outlet Jovem Pan.

“Hey @elonmusk, your company has been imposing a draconian ideological censorship of the Brazilian people’s right to free speech,” Figueiredo tweeted. “We are at a critical moment in our history! Wtf is going on?? We thought you bought Twitter exactly for this reason! Rise and lift the censorship NOW!”

“I will look into this,” Musk replied.

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Figueiredo, whose account with 946,000 followers continues to be energetic, didn’t reply to a tweet asking for remark, however he did reveal that his Telegram account had been suspended.

His grandfather was the final navy president earlier than Brazil returned to democracy after a 21-year dictatorship that noticed a whole bunch of individuals killed and 1000’s extra tortured and jailed.

The controversy comes as Bolsonaro’s followers proceed to protest towards his defeat by the hands of leftist chief Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Lula beat Bolsonaro in a second-round run-off by 50.9 per cent to 49.1 per cent on October 30, and the times since have been marked by demonstrations, a lot of that are by supporters calling for a return to navy rule.

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Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion final month. The billionaire proprietor of Tesla and SpaceX has since fired half the corporate’s 7,500-strong workforce and rolled out a sequence of adjustments which have horrified many customers of the platform.

In a sequence of tweets specializing in the way in which ahead, Twitter CEO Elon Musk mentioned the social media platform wanted to develop into by far essentially the most correct supply of details about the world.

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Nov 8, 2022