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phoenix.com technology news: on september 3, beijing time, the brazilian supreme court voted on monday to uphold the decision to ban the social media x. subsequently, brazilian president lula said that his country should serve as a model for other countries in the world to deal with elon musk.

"the world is not obliged to tolerate elon musk's far-right ideology simply because he is rich," the brazilian leftist leader said in an interview with local media on monday evening.

last weekend, brazil blocked x.the move came after brazilian supreme court justice alexandre de moraes ordered the platform to be taken down after x failed to freeze accounts he deemed to contain hate speech and false information, and failed to comply with other legal requirements.

the five-judge panel voted unanimously in favor of the ban on monday after morais called on brazil's supreme court, which has been accused at home and abroad of overstepping its authority, to review his decision.musk called morais a "dictator" at x.

“the whole world is watching this ... (the supreme court’s intervention) is clearly intended to take the focus away from moraes,” said márcio chaves, a sao paulo lawyer and digital law professor. he said a legitimate and necessary debate in brazil over social media regulation risked turning into a “personal duel” with musk.

brazilian jurists say both musk and morais are to blame for the recent escalation in tensions. they accuse the supreme court of overstepping its authority but also criticize musk for flouting basic laws.

carl tobias, a law professor at the university of richmond in virginia, said brazil's supreme court was right to stand its ground in the face of musk. he said it should be seen by investors as a positive sign that the court will not bow to pressure, even from one of the world's most famous billionaires.

"everyone else has to obey the law," tobias said, "why can't musk?" (author/xiao yu)

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