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<\/div>\nElon Musk has criticised the Brazilian judge who delivered the verdict.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Tesla chief and X owner Elon Musk has said that the social media company needs to move all its employees in Brazil to a safe place, otherwise the will do a “full data dump”. Mr Musk’s reaction was in response to an investigation ordered by a Brazilian judge on X over allegations of spreading disinformation. The Brazilian Supreme Court ordered X, formerly known as Twitter, to block certain accounts. Mr Musk is challenging the verdict<\/a>, also calling for the judge’s resignation.<\/p>\n “We need to get our employees in Brazil to a safe place or otherwise not in a position of responsibility, then we will do a full data dump,” the billionaire said in a post on X today.<\/p>\n It was in response to a tweet by Nikolas Ferreira de Oliviera, a Brazilian politician affiliated to the Liberal Party.<\/p>\n He followed it up with another post that showed how urgent it is to get the X employees out. “They have been told they will be arrested,” said Mr Musk.<\/p>\n The posts generated many reactions on social media with users showing support to Mr Musk and X.<\/p>\n “Safety has to come first,” commented one user. “This is a disturbing situation,” said another.<\/p>\n Others wanted to know how many employees does X have in Brazil.<\/p>\n The decision was given by Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is leading an investigation into an alleged coup attempt by former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, is one of the Supreme Court justices most active in combating online misinformation in Brazil.<\/p>\n Last year, Moraes also ordered an investigation into executives at social messaging platform Telegram and Alphabet’s Google, who were in charge of a campaign criticizing a proposed internet regulation bill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n