Billion deal, rebranding it x, he signalled there would be fewer restrictions on what people could post. He calls himself a Free Speech absolutist. As he told the bbc James Clayton last year. Free speech is meaningless unless you allow people you dont like say things you dont like, otherwise it is a relevant. The point that we lose Free Speech it doesnt come back. Lose freespeech it doesnt come back. Campaigns and ngos that have lost their s come back. Since then the platform come back. Since then the platform and come back. Since then the platform and its come back. Since then the platform and its owner come back. Since then the I Platform and its owner have come back. Since then the platform come back. Since then the platform and come back. Since then the platform and its come back. Since then the platform and its owner come back. Since then the I Platform and its owner have faced constant controversy. Faced constant controversy. IndividualS Banned from Twitter Platform and its owner
We start with Elon Musk and the social Media Platform he controls, x, formerly known as twitter. Its facing the loss of one of its largest markets over a row about Hate Speech and disinformation. Brazils Telecoms Regulator Suspended Access to ex for the countrys 200 plus million people over the weekend after a ruling by a seniorjudge. Today a panel of brazils supreme court will begin hearing on whether to uphold that ruling. Earlier i spoke to the Technologyjournalist Chris Stokel walker and began by asking him how significant the Shut Down was in brazil. Pretty significant because of the scale of the country and therefore the scale of the use. We have third party estimates, between 20 Million and a0 million brazilians are believed to use x every month. Around about one third have it installed on their phones which means that this is a relatively big market and has been not just for x but lots of other Tech Platforms which is why they try to keep them onside. If you are a Tech Executiv
That ruling has been upheld. Lets get the latest now from our reporter in brasilia, leandro prazeres. In terms of what this means for brazilians, how are people reacting to this lack of access To X . ~. ,. , To X . Well, what we have seen so far since To X . Well, what we have seen so far since the To X . Well, what we have seen so far since the beginning To X . Well, what we have seen so far since the beginning of i so far since the beginning of last weekend is that there is a huge number of brazilians, Former X users, who have been migrating to other Social Networks such as blue sky, threads, and people reactivating accounts on facebook to talk about the issues that they were talking about on x. Yesterday, for example, it was reported that bluesky had gained more thani million new brazilian users in just three days. For those who are still trying to use x as a platform, they can use virtual private networks but the problem is that there is a fine imposed by the Supreme Court in brazi
Georgia, a watershed moment in the 2024 campaign. And you will see it only here on cnn democratic president ial nominee Kamala Harris and Vice President ial nominee Tim Walz tonight, the new democratic ticket in their first interview, i crew in the final sprint to election Shan Day one their top priorities for the country. What would you do on Day One in the White House . The tough questions on theiR Records. The steps that youre talking about now, why have you done them already . What do you say to voters who arent sure whether they can take you at your word taking on Donald Trump people might be surprised to hear that You Have never interacted with him, met him facetoface. That fateful Phone Call from Joe Biden. Ill give you a little too much information and their take on those viral convention images. Its very humbling its very humbling in many ways i dont know as a father, i could have ever imagined that with just days until early voting begins, a defining moment in the race for th
Anger, grief, and frustration in israel real as protesters call for an immediate Ceasefire Deal with Hamas after israels military recovered bodies of six hostages murdered in gaza in jail just Hours President Biden and Vice President harris will meet with the us team working on a negotiated deal and new this morning, President Biden making the shift from candidate to surrogate as he It Turns to the Campaign Trail in pennsylvania. And the Labor Day Travel rush is on millions of people passing through airports at highways. Kate is one of them. Shes out im John Berman with Sara Sidner and this is a special Holiday Edition of a show like no other Cnn News central all right john, i always try to take over. Thats what happened at the beginning of the show and a Holiday Weekend all right. Happening right now, there are mass protests intensifying in israel as Grief And Outrage over the killings of six hostages in gaza. Now threatened cripple Israels Economy overnight. Police using tear Gas And