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Social media platform X, formerly Twitter<\/a>, closed its office in Brazil on Saturday (17). Billionaire Elon Musk’s<\/a> social platform announced its decision in a post in which he blames alleged threats by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes targeting his (now) former employees. About 30 people were fired, according to Brazilian news outlet ICL Not\u00edcias<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n ICL reported that employees were informed about the layoff also on Saturday in a virtual meeting with X president, Linda Yaccarino. \u201cThey informed us through an all hands meeting today, scheduled for today. A lot of people have not even seen the invite,\u201d said a former employee, who opted to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n Shortly before noon, X published a statement <\/a>informing that, on Friday (16), Moraes had supposedly threatened the company’s legal representative in Brazil with imprisonment for failing to comply with court orders he issued. \u201cHe did so in a secret order, which we share here to expose his actions,\u201d it stated.<\/p>\n \u201cDespite our numerous appeals to the Supreme Court not being heard, the Brazilian public not being informed about these orders and our Brazilian staff having no responsibility or control over whether content is blocked on our platform, Moraes has chosen to threaten our staff in Brazil rather than respect the law or due process,\u201d the company added. \u201cAs a result, to protect the safety of our staff, we have decided to close our operations in Brazil, effective immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the company, X is still available to the Brazilian population. This Saturday, however, the platform was unstable, according to the DownDetector<\/em> website<\/a>. Complaints about X functioning peaked at 11 am.<\/p>\n X had more than 100 workers in Brazil until it was bought by Musk. In 2022, it went through a mass layoff process.<\/p>\n Throughout the day, Musk made several posts on the subject, always accusing the Supreme Court, especially Moraes. In one of them, the billionaire, heir to emerald deposits in South Africa, said that \u201cthere is no doubt that Moraes needs to go.\u201d The post was a response to a tweet by federal deputy Nikolas Ferreira (Liberal Party), in which the parliamentarian invited Musk to a demonstration in S\u00e3o Paulo, to be held on September 7 (Brazil\u2019s Independence Day), for the impeachment of Alexandre de Moraes.<\/p>\n No question that Moraes needs to leave. Having a \u201cjustice\u201d who repeatedly and egregiously violates the law is no justice at all. https:\/\/t.co\/9luG9oDmOU<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2024<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Musk has previously published calls for Moraes’ impeachment<\/a> and criticized what he considers to be the justice\u2019s censorship.<\/p>\n Alexandre de Moraes is the Supreme Court rapporteur<\/a> for inquiries investigating the spread of disinformation on social media platforms, especially about the fairness of electronic voting machines. 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