X is closing its operations in Brazil immediately, but its service will remain live for users

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The company says a representative faced arrest if it didn't comply with 'censorship orders.'

X says it's ending business operations in Brazil effective immediately, but the service will remain available to users in the country. The company says Alexandre de Moraes, the president of the Superior Electoral Court and a justice of the Supreme Federal Court, threatened one of X's legal representatives with arrest if it did not "comply with his censorship orders."

According to Reuters, de Moreas demanded that X remove certain content from its platform. Rather than comply, X has opted to end its local operations "to protect the safety of our staff."

By Kris Holt 
Full story at Engadget.