Elon Musk's X is tilting right
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Washington: Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, will shut down its local operations in Brazil, owner Elon Musk said on Saturday, although the service will remain available to Brazilian users.

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"Due to demands by 'Justice' @Alexandre in Brazil that would require us to break (in secret) Brazilian, Argentinian, American and international law, X has no choice but to close our local operations in Brazil," Musk posted, referring to Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes.