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Brazil judge launches Musk inquiry

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4.51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

From the BBC World Service: A Supreme Court judge in Brazil has launched an investigation into Elon Musk after he said he’ll defy a court order to block certain accounts on X, formerly known as Twitter. Also on the program: A chip giant looks to build a factory in Arizona, we take a closer look at seller fees on eBay, and small business owners react to TikTok’s uncertain future in the U.S.

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0:00.0

The world's biggest chip company is placing its bets on Arizona.

0:05.6

Hello, happy Monday morning and you are listening to the Marketplace Morning

0:09.4

Report and we're live from the BBC World Service.

0:12.4

I'm Leanna Byrne.

0:13.7

So the chip giant, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company,

0:17.9

will build a third factory in Arizona,

0:20.1

upping its total US investment from $40 billion to $65 billion. The factory, which is expected to produce

0:26.9

cutting edge to nanometer chips by 2028, will receive 6.6 billion dollars in subsidies and possibly 5 billion dollars in

0:36.2

loans from the US government. The Move aims to create thousands of high-tech jobs and

0:41.2

reduce US dependency on Asia, particularly Taiwan, for chip

0:45.4

manufacturing as geopolitical tensions remain high. Now let's talk about Elon Musk

0:50.4

and X formerly known as Twitter because they're back in the spotlight, this time in Brazil.

0:55.0

After a Supreme Court judge there is now looking into Musk's plans to reactivate accounts on the site.

1:01.0

The thing is, the judge had ordered those accounts to be blocked, but Musk posted... on the

1:03.0

accounts to be blocked,

1:04.0

but Musk posted on an ex to say he's lifting the restrictions

1:07.0

claiming the court's order is unconstitutional.

1:10.0

The BBC's Leonardo Rasha has more. Mr. Musk said that the Judge Alessandro de Moraise had repeatedly betrayed the Constitution and the people of Brazil.

1:19.0

He said that Mr Moraise ordered the X platform, which was formerly known as Twitter, to block the accounts of individuals

1:25.7

who post messages deemed anti-democratic.

1:29.1

Many of them are supporters of the former right-wing president Jayebo Sonaro who called

1:34.0

Ilam Musk a true hero of Brazilian democracy. Mr. Musk said the judge had imposed

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