Will Brazil Ban Twitter/X?

Intro this video is brought to you by brilliant today Elon musk's Feud with Brazil heats up with a possible ban on X Israel launches a major military operation in the West Bank and the FBI unveils its findings on the Trump shooting from tldr news this is your daily briefing for Thursday the 29th of August 2024 today's main story is about the Will Brazil Ban Twitter/X? escalating feud between Tech billionaire Elon Musk and the Brazilian government on Wednesday a Brazilian Supreme Court Judge threatened to ban X in the country unless the platform names a legal representative in Brazil within 24 hours it comes a couple of weeks after musk announced that X would be closing its operations in Brazil immediately due to what its Global government Affairs account called censorship orders for context X claims that the judge Alexandria jaras secretly threatened one of its legal representatives in the country with arrest if they did not comply with legal orders to removed some content from the platform maras has also ordered the suspension of more than 100 x accounts in recent years as part of an investigation into so-called digital militias accused of spreading misinformation and hate speech during the government of former president jaier bolsonaro who lost the 2022 election after falsely claiming that Brazil's electronic voting machines were prone to fraud earlier this year Marias also opened a probe into musk after he said he would reactivate accounts the judge had ordered X to block when asked to explain why the platform had allegedly not fully complied with Mariah's decision lawyers representing X told the Supreme Court that operational faults had allowed blocked users to stay active now though musk has less than a day to name a legal representative in Brazil with the failure to do so potentially resulting in what the Supreme Court calls a suspension of the social media networks activities in Brazil musk has said the Court's orders are unconstitutional and incompatible with democratic government and in a post earlier this month he called Marias an utter disgrace to Justice Brazil Supreme Court has declined to comment on X's claims with right-wing supporters of both musk and bolsonaro viewing Mar's decision as a form of censorship however mori's Defenders say his actions are necessary to prevent the spread of disinformation and protect democracy at a crucial time this is also just the latest spat in musk's escalating War against governments in the past few weeks musk has also tussled with the EU and UK government over allegations of incitement to violence and hate speech on the platform which has seen a steep downturn in user growth since musk's acquisition there's more on the way but remember to subscribe and ring the bell for more Daily Briefing tomorrow plus if you want to support the channel like Chad kinch then consider joining the new tldr membership program for just 199 Israel has launched a major assault Israel’s Assault on the West Bank on the west West Bank in Janine tolm and the Farrar refugee camp near tubas at least 18 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces over the last two days in what said to be Israel's largest assault in the area in 20 years Hamas said 10 of its militants had been killed on Wednesday and the Israeli military claims has killed a well-known Islamic Jihad local Commander Muhammad Jabar the Palestinian Authority governing the West Bank condemned the assault warning it could usher in dire and dangerous results and the eu's foreign policy Chief Joseph Beret says Israel's incursion must not be the premises of a war extension from Gaza and a repeat of the destruction there recent developments in the West Bank have seen the emergence of new Palestinian movements that are increasingly frustrated with the status quo and adopting their own strategies against Israeli occupation following a suicide attack on August the 19th claimed by Hamas which injured one civilian concerns have Arisen within the Israeli security establishment about the growing offensiveness of Palestinian groups particularly those operating in small independent and covert factions or groups more commonly known as clandestine cells which has prompted the military's aggressive response in the West Bank One political analyst noted that the Palestinian Authority is losing influence especially among younger populations in the northern West Bank leading to a shift in the resistance landscape in response Israeli forces are reportedly adopting a more aggressive offensive strategy including invasions arrests and operations in densely populated urban areas in the north of the West Bank moving to the US now six weeks on FBI Findings on the Trump Shooter from the attempted assassination of Donald Trump the FBI says it has found no definitive motive and no definitive ideology associated with the shooter Thomas krooks after investigating years of krook's online activity they also found no credible evidence that a foreign entity was involved and established that the 20-year-old worked loone krooks had searched online for events held by Donald Trump and Joe Biden as well as the locations of both Republican and Democratic national conventions after Trump's July the 13th Ry in Butler Pennsylvania was announced krooks apparently became hyperfocused on that specific event he registered for the rally one week in advance and on the same day Googled how far Lee Harvey Oswald was from President John F Kennedy when he fatally shot him Kevin roek head of the FBI's Pittsburgh office said that we see no definitive ideology associated with krooks either left leaning or right leaning krooks had donated $15 in 2021 to democratic campaign group act blue but was a registered Republican ultimately krooks fired at least eight shots wounding Trump's ear and killing one person in the crowd and injuring two others there were multiple ongoing investigations into the apparent security lapses surrounding the event and the director of the US secret service has resigned after after coming under harsh Congressional Starmer’s Plan for EU ‘Reset’ scrutiny UK prime minister K starma has marked a reset of relations with the European Union with a visit to Berlin and Paris at a press conference in Berlin on Wednesday starma said the reset would entail a closer relationship with Europe on things like defense the economy and exchanges but quote that does not mean reversing brexit or reentering the single Market or the Customs Union starma also said we do not have plans for a EU youth Mobility scheme but did not rule out negotiating such an agreement in the future the European commission back in April actually floated the idea of a deal to allow 18 to 30y Old UK citizens to work and study in the EU for up to four years but labber rejected it during his trip to Berlin starma held talks with Chancellor Olaf Schultz over a new bilateral treaty between their two countries which they aim to finalize by early next year deepening defense and economic ties whilst also agreeing to develop a joint action plan to tackle illegal migration on Wednesday evening starma attended the par Olympic Games opening ceremony in Paris and today held meetings with French Business Leaders as well as a summit with President macron TLDR Good News finally in some uplifting news a middle school in San Francisco has this week unveiled its new free oncampus grocery store twice a month hundreds of students and their families will be able to stock up on food and household items from the store all for free the school's neighborhood Bay viw Hunter point is a lowi income area which has limited access to food many teachers have complained of poor teaching conditions reporting that children are coming to school hungry despite already being provided with free breakfast and lunch at school this new store is a huge step towards reducing hunger and providing disadvantaged families access to more resources to set up the store YMCA of San 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