Elon Musk’s social media platform X has been put on ice in Brazil, sparking a spat with the nation’s internet tzar, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. The trouble started when X didn’t follow legal orders to block some accounts accused of spreading fake news and hate speech. As part of the blackout order, the judge said users who tried to get around the order to keep using X could be fined $13,000 a day, which is more than the average Brazilian makes a year… That saw Musk label Moraes a “dictator” on X, and he later said “an unelected pseudo-judge in Brazil is destroying [free speech] for political purposes.” The shutdown could have a significant impact because the platform is used by about 10% of the country’s 200 million people. And Musk isn’t the only one asking whether Moraes’ move was the right one – some experts say the move is “absurd and dangerous”.