Alexandre de Moraes fines Twitter R$700,000

A new development in the clash between Elon Muskowner of X/Twitter and Alexandre de Moraes, minister of the STF, came to light this week. The platform was sentenced by Moraes to pay R$ 700 mil for not deleting defamatory content directed at Arthur Lira, president of the Chamber of Deputies.

A set of posts called the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), a rapist. The platform was notified on June 13th that seven pieces of content could be removed within 2 hours. It was also determined that the account responsible for the material be blocked, but the platform failed to comply with the decision.

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In view of non-compliance, it was stipulated that Twitter pay a fine of R$700,000 within five days; In case of non-compliance within this period, the amount would increase by R$200,000 daily. Twitter was aware of the determination, but made no attempt to remove the post in question, much less to delete the account that published the post.

Minister Alexandre de Moraes expressed concern about Twitter’s attitude, pointing out that disobedience to the court decision represents a direct challenge to the authority of the Judiciary. Read the judge’s statement:

Like any private entity that carries out its economic activity in the national territory, the social network provider It is up to him, if he deems it necessary, to demonstrate his non-conformity through the resources allowed by Brazilian legislation.

In the decision, Moraes included a report titled “Ex-Arthur Lira’s wife accuses him of sexual violence”. Material that indicated the accusation of the ex-wife of the president of the Chamber of sexual violence. The current president of the Chamber was tried and acquitted.

The Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories (TJ-DFT) concluded that the content of the article used in the post on

The minister added that, once the exercise of freedom of expression has been criminally distorted, the Federal Constitution and legislation authorize civil and criminal repressive measures, both of a precautionary and definitive nature.

Elon Musk, líder do Twitter, is under investigation by the Supreme Court for possible obstruction of justice and involvement with digital militant groups. To date, neither the social network nor the tycoon have commented on the penalty imposed.

In April we wrote an article explaining in detail all the barbs and disagreements involving Elon Musk and Alexandre de Moraes. If you want to stay up to date with the story, just read the article below: