By Brian Mier, reporting from Recife, Brazil Millions of Brazilians woke up on August 31 in a country without X, after the Supreme Court ordered the national telecommunications agency to block the social media platform. This move culminated over a year of X’s refusal to follow Brazil’s telecommunications laws, particularly those requiring deplatforming of suspects in internet crime investigations. In ...
In the United States, the leak of a draft Supreme Court decision to revoke the right to abortion, known as “Roe v. Wade” 1973 decision, has brought the credibility of the country’s highest judicial body into question. It is known that of the 9 justices of the Supreme Court, 6 were appointed by a Republican president, and a Democratic president ...