House Judiciary subpoenas X Corp over Brazilian censorship

"X Corp. has been formally subpoenaed by the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee to provide information on orders from the Brazilian Supreme Court regarding content moderation," a post stated. "To comply with its obligations under US law, X Corp. has responded to the Committee."

Elon Musk responded, "United States laws prevent X from participating in corruption that violates the laws of other countries, which is what [Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes] is demanding that we do."

In early April, Musk called out the Brazilian government for blocking access to popular X accounts in the country and censoring them. A court order, X Corp stated, forced the company to block the accounts.

Moraes has begun an inquiry into X and Musk for "obstruction of justice" and "incitement to crime." X has also been prohibited from re-activating accounts that had been suspended and ordering a fine of $20,000 per profile if X does not submit to their orders.

Musk defied the orders, instead announcing that he would publish documents containing the many demands from the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil Alexandre de Moraes of the company.

Musk said that Brazilian X employees needed to get into a safe place, and "then we will do a full data dump." Employees in the country, he said, "have been told they will be arrested."

Representatives of Moraes' office reportedly reached out to the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) to find out how to go about removing X from Brazil.