On September 1st, Michael Shellenberger, author of San Francisco magazine, wrote that yesterday the Brazilian government blocked X (formerly Twitter) and threatened to fine citizens $8,900 a day if they used the platform. Musk retweeted a solidarity tweet, saying that Twitter respects Brazilian laws, but when asked to violate them, Twitter has the right to refuse. Ironically, while Twitter may be banned for not complying with laws elsewhere, in Brazil it is banned for complying with laws.