"Brazil Launches Inquiry into Elon Musk for Defying Court Orders and Promoting Disinformation"

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A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has initiated an investigation into Elon Musk for alleged dissemination of fake news and obstruction of justice. The investigation is part of a larger probe into a network spreading defamatory fake news and threats against Supreme Court justices. Musk's comments on social media platform X regarding the court's orders have led to the new investigation. The justice's actions have sparked controversy, with some criticizing them as overstepping free speech boundaries, while others defend them as necessary to combat fake news and threats to Brazilian democracy.
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