A look at X's shrinking clout in Brazil even before the ban; Twitter once dominated Brazilian social media with 40M+ users, while X had an estimated 22M users
The platform formerly known as Twitter once dominated Brazilian social media, fueling nationwide protests in 2013 and propelling Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency. Forums: Hacker News , r/Twitter , and...
How Elon Musk uses X to back right-wing world leaders like Argentina's Javier Milei and India's Narendra Modi, who can help secure advantages for his businesses
Minutes after it became clear that Javier Milei had been elected president of South America's second-largest nation in November … Threads: @karaswisher , @motorcityadam , @karaswisher , @yonetteajosep...
President Jair Bolsonaro signs into law Brazil's first crypto framework, which defines digital assets and provides ground rules for crypto brokerages
For today's MexicaNFTimes, we've got some great articles and news: Tweets: @cz_binance : New law sets guidelines for how crypto exchanges operate in Brazil. This is a major step towards strengthening ...
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies has approved a longstanding crypto bill defining digital assets and their service providers; bill now requires president's approval
- Brazil's chamber of deputies finally approved a long-awaited crypto regulation bill. — The bill could now go to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for approval.
Docs: SpaceX paid $250K to settle a flight attendant's allegation that Elon Musk exposed himself and offered a horse in exchange for an erotic massage in 2016
Complications for the Twitter deal? Bill Chappell / NPR : Elon Musk denies a report accusing him of sexual misconduct on a SpaceX jet Abram Brown / Forbes : How The Sexual Misconduct Allegations Again...
Twitter says recent “fluctuations in follower counts” of high-profile accounts after news of Elon Musk's takeover were “organic”, but is still looking into it
for one thing, if you're leaving Twitter over Elon Musk, you're not exactly apolitical. https://twitter.com/... Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix : If this is really organic, as the company asserts, the...
Telegram could become a powerful vector for lies and vitriol before the 2022 presidential elections in Brazil, where it is installed on 53% of smartphones
including disinformation. https://www.nytimes.com/... Alexios / @mantzarlis : “While rival apps have adopted stricter and more clearly defined policies on abuse and disinformation, Telegram's guidelin...
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro temporarily bans social media companies from removing accounts and content that violate their rules, ahead of a presidential election
The new rules in Brazil appear to be the first national policy that restricts how tech companies can control their sites, analysts say.
Over 16 million COVID-19 patients in Brazil, including President Bolsonaro, had their info leaked on a spreadsheet uploaded to GitHub by a hospital employee
Among those affected by the leak are Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, seven ministers, and 17 provincial governors. Tweets: @johnlilic , @arielbogle , @fascinatorfun , @campuscodi , and @1br0wn Tweets...
Brazil's Superior Court of Justice was hit by a major ransomware attack this week, suspending all sessions until Nov. 10; Bolsonaro claims attackers were found
The organization is working to recover its systems environment; president Jair Bolsonaro said the authors have been identified.