Elon Musk on Wednesday said X received a query from U.S. lawmakers on actions the social media platform had undertaken in violation of Brazilian law and claimed the law was being used to target accounts of sitting lawmakers in the country, amid the billionaire’s escalating public feud with Brazil’s Supreme Court.
X owner Elon Musk has been locked in a public feud with a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice who ... [+]
In a post on X, Musk said the company “just received an inquiry from the US House of Representatives regarding actions taken in Brazil that were in violation of Brazilian law.”
Musk, who instructed the company to ignore the Brazilian Supreme Court’s orders to ban certain accounts in the country, said there were “hundreds, if not thousands” of such violations committed by the company, adding “This is getting spicy.”
The billionaire didn’t clarify if any particular House lawmaker or committee had sent the inquiry or what exact details were sought.
In a later post, the X owner claimed the platform was being asked to “suspend sitting members of the Brazilian parliament and many journalists.”
Musk once again attacked Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes—who passed the orders—by calling him a “dictator.”
This is a developing story.