Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The Brazilian Supreme Court judge who won international fame by forcing Elon Musk into a rare retreat has said that democracy is at risk amid a slide into \u201cfascist speech\u201d unless social media platforms are regulated.Alexandre de Moraes, the shaven-headed justice who blocked Musk\u2019s website X this year until it complied with judicial rulings, said the business model of social media networks had to change because it \u201cdepends on extremism\u201d.\u201cSocial networks cannot be a lawless land,\u201d de Moraes said at Global Boardroom, the FT\u2019s digital conference. \u201cThe law that applies to the real world must also apply to the virtual one, otherwise we will allow the return of Nazi speech, fascist speech, attacks on democracy and people.\u201dDe Moraes became a hate figure for Brazil\u2019s hard right movement, receiving death threats after leading a crusade against online extremism and hate speech during the 2022 election, when former president Jair Bolsonaro narrowly lost a re-election bid to President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva.A police investigation last month revealed an alleged far-right coup plot to kill Lula following his victory, and found that the judge was also an assassination target of the aborted conspiracy.Supporters of the 55-year-old former prosecutor say he has helped safeguard Latin America\u2019s biggest democracy against a tide of fake news, repeatedly ordering social networks to take down extremist or false posts or face large fines. Opponents accuse him of censorship and unfairly targeting conservatives.\u00a0\u201cSocial networks have allowed themselves to be used by extremists, primarily right-wing extremists,\u201d the judge said. \u201cAnd the lack of regulation together with the monetisation of this \u2014 because social networks make money from hate\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009really is a risk to democracy.\u201c[This] has been used to direct the will of the voter and try to truly brainwash the electorate\u2009.\u2009.\u2009. The way social media does business depends on extremism.\u201dDe Moraes shot to international prominence this year when Musk labelled him a \u201cevil dictator\u201d, in a row sparked by X\u2019s refusal to suspend several profiles suspected of spreading misinformation.\u00a0The feud culminated in de Moraes blocking X in August, affecting some 20mn Brazilian users in one of the platform\u2019s biggest markets. The ban was lifted in October after X agreed to meet\u00a0court demands, including payment of hefty fines and the appointment of a legal representative in the country.With proposed legislation to regulate social media stuck in Brazil\u2019s congress, the impasse has left greater scope for its top tribunal to adjudicate disputes. The supreme court is currently hearing a case on the legal responsibilities of social networks for material published by users.\u201cAll big businesses [and] instruments that affect society in the history of humanity have been regulated,\u201d said de Moraes.\u00a0\u201cThere are studies in Europe and the US about the increase in teen suicides because of virtual bullying. So the justice system and legislatures need to curb abuse and excesses, fully guaranteeing freedom of expression [but] with responsibility,\u201d he added.Free speech advocates argue that Brazil\u2019s supreme court has gone too far, but de Moraes insisted he favoured \u201cminimalist\u201d regulation that ensured \u201cthe free market of ideas\u201d.\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t think that companies, big techs, should be held accountable for and have to control all content. That is impossible from a practical point of view,\u201d he said.\u00a0Yet technology groups like Google that now earn significant revenues from advertising should bear \u201cthe same responsibility as media companies\u201d, de Moraes added.Bolsonaro\u2019s followers argue the judge\u2019s approach is anything but light touch, saying hundreds of people including politicians have had social media accounts barred or material removed on his orders.De Moraes and his family have been under police protection since the 2022 election. Investigators have alleged he and other establishment figures were targeted for assassination by far-right military officers plotting to keep Bolsonaro in power.The conspirators intended to murder Lula, his vice president-elect Geraldo Alckmin and the supreme justice, according to a police report from the investigation overseen by de Moraes. Brazil\u2019s prosecutor-general must now decide whether to bring formal charges against the suspects, who include Bolsonaro and retired generals.\u00a0They have denied the claims.De Moraes described the alleged scheme as \u201cthe most co-ordinated and serious attack on democracy\u201d in Brazil since the end of military dictatorship in 1985 and rejected accusations of abuse of power levelled against him.Bolsonaro\u2019s lawyers have argued de Moraes has a conflict of interest and so should be removed from overseeing the coup investigation, given that he was allegedly a potential victim.\u201cAll the final judgments are collegial, made by the ministers of the supreme federal court, who may or may not agree with my decisions,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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