Welcome to the Tech Meme ride home for Monday August 19th.

2024 I'm Brian McCullough today is X closing up Shop in Brazil.

Remember how Apple is trying to make their own modems? How's that going?

Why is the online dating sector suddenly struggling and could the next big advertising

platform actually be Walmart? Here's what gym is today in the world of tech. X says it is closing its operations in Brazil claiming a judge there quote

threatened arrest if we do not comply with his censorship orders though at the time of this writing,

X does still remain available to users in that country,

quoting Tech Runch.

The announcement comes amidst a legal battle

with Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Alexander De Moraise, who sought to block certain accounts

on X as part of an investigation into election disinformation and quote digital militias.

In a post from X's global government affairs account, the company said,

Morez has, quote, threatened our legal representative in Brazil with arrest if we do not

comply with his censorship orders.

The company continued,

as a result, to protect the safety of our staff,

we have made the decision to close our operation in Brazil

effective immediately. The ex service remains available to the people of Brazil,

end quote. In an earlier post, remains available to the people of Brazil."

In an earlier post, X listed some of the targeted accounts and said they include a

pastor, a current parliamentarian, and the wife of a former parliamentarian.

Earlier this year, Morez opened a criminal inquiry into Elon Musk after X's owner said he would defy a court order by lifting restrictions on designated accounts.

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