On August 30, the X platform's global government affairs team issued an announcement in response to "the Brazilian Supreme Court will suspend X's operations in the country before August 29": "Soon, we expect Judge Alexander de Morais to order the closure of X in Brazil - simply because we will not comply with his illegal orders to censor his political opponents. These enemies include a duly elected senator and a 16-year-old girl, among others. When we tried to defend ourselves in court, Judge de Morais threatened to jail our Brazilian legal representative. Even after she resigned, he froze all her bank accounts. Our questions about his obviously illegal behavior were either dismissed or ignored. Judge de Morais' colleagues in the Supreme Court were either unwilling or unable to confront him. We absolutely do not insist that other countries have the same freedom of speech laws as the United States. The fundamental problem here is that Judge de Morais asked us to violate Brazil's own laws. We simply will not do that. In the coming days, for the sake of transparency, we will publish all of Judge de Morais' illegal requests and all related court documents. Unlike other social media and technology platforms, we will not comply with illegal orders in secret. For users in Brazil and around the world, the X platform remains committed to protecting your freedom of speech."