𝕏 was important to those opposing President Lula, because it was the place they could get information unavailable in legacy media.
𝕏 was also where Brazilians could tell the world about what Lula and his government were doing in Brazil.
It gave Brazilians opposed to Lula’s government not only the opportunity to shape opinion on a national level, but also to get support from abroad and international attention on Lula.
That’s why 𝕏 was the no. 1 news app on the AppStore in Brazil. And that’s what made it dangerous for the ruling party.
The Supreme Court banning Elon Musk’s free speech platform is an easy way for Brazil’s elite to silence their critics.
With one ruling, Lula’s allies have managed to deprive their critics from a key platform where they could voice their views, but also deprived opponents from a place to share news and thus shape Brazilian public opinion, and cut them off from international allies and the ability to generate foreign media coverage.