Brazil Judge Orders Investigation Of Elon Musk Over Censorship Charge

In an order seen by news agency AFP, Judge Alexandre de Moraes accused the owner of X of "criminal instrumentalization" of the platform.

A Supreme Court judge in Brazil ordered an investigation Sunday of Elon Musk after the mogul criticized the magistrate and accused him of censorship for blocking social media accounts suspected of spreading disinformation.

In an order seen by news agency AFP, Judge Alexandre de Moraes accused the owner of X of "criminal instrumentalization" of the platform.

The judge said, "The social network X must refrain from disobeying judicial orders, including by reactivating an account that the Supreme Court ordered blocked." Judge Alexandre de Moraes threatened to punish the world's richest person with a fine equivalent to about $20,000 for each reactivated account.