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Sao Paulo, Brazil – 31 August 2024
1. Newspaper stands on Paulista Avenue showing the news of the suspension of the social network X on the front pages
2. Various of student Ana Júlia Alves de Oliveira using her cellphone
3. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Ana Júlia Alves de Oliveira, 18, student:
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"People my age aren’t really in the habit of watching TV news or reading the news, and Twitter (X) was a way, at least for me, to get news from around the world. So, I’ve lost touch a little with what’s happening around the world and a way of entertaining myself – there was a lot of entertainment there too. Whether I want to or not this is becoming a new reality for me now."
4. People walking
5. Various of Maíra using her cell phone
6. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Maíra, 19, student and waitress:
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"I honestly think it’s right because everyone I know who uses Twitter (X) gets a bit lost between what is real and what is fake, you know? But I also don’t know. I don’t think it has to be all or nothing; there could be some regulation there. But I think it’s right. If Elon Musk wants to come here and thinks this is a banana republic, he’s wrong."
7. Maira trying to open the X app on her cell phone
8. A man reading a newspaper with the news of the suspension of the social network X featured on the front page
9. Arthur using his cell phone and chatting with his friends
10. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Arthur, 18, intern in a company:
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"X was a much freer space for various forms of speech. So much so that there was a lot of discrimination, so honestly I do see a positive side to Twitter being shut down. But there were also many good movements, campaigns, NGOs that lost their space."
11. Person using cell phone
13. Cars
STORYLINE:
Brazil started blocking Elon Musk’s social media platform X early Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on both the web and through its mobile app after the company refused to comply with a judge’s order.
The reaction from young people in Sao Paulo was mixed.
Ana Júlia Alves de Oliveira, an 18-year old student, said the platform helped her keep abreast of global news and she fears she will lose some of that connection.
Meanwhile, Maíra, 19, a student and waitress said she thought that, overall, a ban was the right choice, as she had seen X users get "a bit lost between what is real and what is fake."
"If Elon Musk wants to come here and thinks this is a banana republic, he’s wrong," she said.
X missed a deadline imposed by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to name a legal representative in Brazil, triggering the suspension.
It marks an escalation in the monthslong feud between Musk and de Moraes over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation.
To block X, Brazil’s telecommunications regulator, Anatel, told internet service providers to suspend users’ access to the social media platform.
As of Saturday at midnight local time, major operators began doing so.
De Moraes had warned Musk on Wednesday night that X could be blocked in Brazil if he failed to comply with his order to name a representative, and established a 24-hour deadline.
The company hasn’t had a representative in the country since earlier this month.
"Elon Musk showed his total disrespect for Brazilian sovereignty and, in particular, for the judiciary, setting himself up as a true supranational entity and immune to the laws of each country," de Moraes wrote in his decision on Friday.
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