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August 31, 2024, 7:25 PM

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Associated Press:
Brazil blocks X, following an order from Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes after Elon Musk refused to name a legal representative in the country  —  The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many Brazilians …
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New York Times:
How Brazil's experiment to fight fake news during the 2022 elections, giving a justice broad power to order social media content removal, led to the ban on X  —  To combat disinformation, Brazil gave one judge broad power to police the internet.  Now, after he blocked X, some are wondering whether that was a good idea.
Nick Burns / Americas Quarterly:
A profile of Alexandre de Moraes as even some supporters wonder if the Brazilian Supreme Court judge has become too powerful and gone too far by banning X  —  An escalating clash with Elon Musk and damaging revelations in the press are intensifying a long-running debate about whether Alexandre de Moraes is too powerful.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
X is right to stand up to Brazil's unjust “hostage laws,” but Musk's fight highlights his cynical free speech stance after he caved to Modi's censorship demands  —  In the battle between Elon Musk and Brazil, there are no heroes — only two sides engaged in an epic display of hypocrisy and overreach.
New York Times:
Bluesky reports a record spike in usage as many X users in Brazil move to Bluesky and Threads; Brazil is X's fifth-largest international market, with 20M+ users  —  The platform went dark across Brazil on Saturday, sending online commentators to new digital town squares.
New York Times:
Matt Stoller / BIG:
Social media companies' reliance on Section 230 protections is in jeopardy after a US court ruled TikTok's algorithmic curation is not protected by Section 230  —  “TikTok reads 230 of the Communications Decency Act to permit casual indifference to the death of a ten-year-old girl.”  - Judge Paul Matey
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
A reporter tries fixing his reputation with AI chatbots, including by adding a “strategic text sequence” to data sources, and via an AI optimization startup  —  When I set out to improve my tainted reputation with chatbots, I discovered a new world of A.I. manipulation.
More: Digital Journal, Longreads, and Axios
Threads: @kevinrooseBluesky: @g026r.leftblank.orgX: @ashleevanceForums: r/technology
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
A Texas federal judge who held Tesla stock denies a motion to dismiss X's lawsuit accusing Media Matters of misrepresenting the amount of extremist content on X  —  Judge says Musk critic “targeted” advertisers in Texas, denies motion to dismiss.  —  A federal judge in Texas yesterday ruled …
The Information:
Coatue founder Philippe Laffont has left the board of ByteDance following a report that Coatue was considering selling a portion of its ByteDance stake  —  Coatue Management founder Philippe Laffont has left the board of ByteDance, the parent of TikTok, according to the company's website.

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