In case you have heard that X has closed its office in Brazil, that Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) ordered to imprison one of Twitter's executives and you are wondering what is going on in Brazil, here is a brief 🧶 Spoiler: it is likely X will be blocked soon in Brazil

Very didactic thread of Luca Belli of the current/upcoming chapters in the X vs. Brazil Judiciary saga 👇

A constant challenge faced by the peripheries is that multinational companies from central countries are dismissive of their institutions. Thus, to the watering down of democratic experience that came with privatization, peripheries add corrosive multinational moguls.

Another day, another AI copyright lawsuit, this time it's several authors against Anthropic for copyright infringement. documentcloud.org/documents/2505…

“Euro Stack”: pulling together an alternative to Big Tech grotesque dependencies in Europe. Join us for a discussion with a great cast of experts, funders, policy makers and “doers” on 24 September at the European Parliament. Full programme & registration details to follow!

A group of authors has sued #Anthropic for violation of #copyright. The proposed class action lawsuit was filed in a California and alleges Anthropic “built a multibillion-dollar business by stealing hundreds of thousands of copyrighted books.” theverge.com/2024/8/20/2422…

📣 Un conversatorio interesante… y muy oportuno. Y vean los “conversadores/as” que ya confirmaron: Javier Pallero, Agneris Sampieri, Luca Belli, Vladimir Cortés, Carolina Botero, Damián Loreti, Flávia Lefèvre y André Boselli. ¡No te lo pierdas! 👉 bit.ly/Conversatorio4…

"How one Brazilian judge could suspend Musk’s X in the coming hours" I have shared some thoughts with The Associated Press on how the quarrel between STF and X is likely to unfold and how X could be blocked apnews.com/article/brazil…

na TIME: Many in Brazil are waiting and watching to see if either man will blink time.com/7016452/how-on…

Taking advantage of the last moments in which access to X is not suspended yet in Brazil, to post some insight I shared with The New York Times on why Twitter will be blocked, what is the likely strategy of Elon Musk, and why he will probably win the game... nytimes.com/2024/08/30/wor…