WhatsApp in Focus as Elon Musk’s X Set to Shut Down in Brazil, Reasons Emerge
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Elon Musk announced X will shut down operations in Brazil due to a legal dispute with Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes over misinformation; despite closure, X will remain accessible to Brazilian users; Musk emphasized principles over profit, stating compliance with the judge's demands would compromise platform integrity; WhatsApp threatens to leave Nigeria after a $220 million fine for data harvesting; Brazilian Secretary of Digital Policies Joao Brant criticized X's decision, warning of potential blocking; Musk's Starlink plans to build ground stations in Nigeria across 29,000 acres in Port Harcourt, Lagos, and Ogun.

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