X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's content orders

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But it isn't. Now people get to spread misinformation to Brazilians with no repercussions.

and do you think there were repercussions before?

whatsapp does this misinformation job immensely better

and do you think there were repercussions before?

For X? Sure, that's why they're leaving in the first place - by not complying to the judge's orders, they'd surely get slapped with fines and such. As a company, it makes sense to leave and avoid being accountable, but given the influence they (sadly) still have in the media, avoiding those repercussions and letting bad actors do their thing, they're adding gasoline to the burning world.

The fact that Whatsapp is more popular in Brazil than X is beside the point.

They can just block the IP in Brazil too