If Nazis had access to X would have won the world, says Moraes the magazine

Minister Alexandre de Moraes of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) said that social networks are today “the greatest power of all” and accused the big techs of trying to “control the world”, dribbling national legislation. The statement was given to the magazine The New Yorkerin a report published on Monday (8).

Hardly, Moraes directed criticism of billionaire Elon Musk, owner of X (former Twitter), and compared the political use of the platform to the Nazi propaganda apparatus. “If Goebbels [chefe da propaganda de Hitler] He was alive and had access to X, the Nazis would have conquered the world, ”said the minister, highlighting the potential for mass manipulation through the algorithms.

Moraes has been the target of musk attacks since he ordered the X to block Bolsonarist profiles accused of spreading misinformation. In response, Musk called the magistrate “dictator” and even asked for his impeachment. The crisis even raised the possibility of suspension of the social network in Brazil.

To the magazine, Moraes stated that Musk not only disobeyed legal decisions, but became personally responsible for the disobedience of the platform. “They don’t want to respect any jurisdiction. The goal is to become immune to nations,” he said, accusing the platforms of wanting to set up a new “Digital Oriental Indies Company.”

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He also commented that the global far right identified the mobilizing potential of the networks even at the time of Arab spring, and since then has used them to weaken democratic institutions. “At first, the algorithms were refined for economic purposes, to captivate consumers. So people realized how easy it was to redirect this to political power,” he told the magazine.

“They do not directly attack democracy, say the institutions are corrupted. It is a highly structured populism,” he added.

Moraes also said that Brazil offered a significant test field for efforts to affirm political power through the internet. “The far right wants to seize power-not saying that it opposes democracy, because it would not gain public support, but claiming that democratic institutions are fraudulent.” “It is a highly structured and highly intelligent populism. Unfortunately, in Brazil and the US, we have not yet learned to retaliate.”

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Lula criticizes Starlink and influence on the Amazon

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) was also heard by New Yorker And he said he concerned with the “weakening of democracy” in the face of the rise of the far right. He directly criticized the performance of Starlink, a musk satellite company, and warned of its use in illegal mining regions in the Amazon.

“We will not allow someone who hates our government and the justice system control the information of a strategic region such as the Amazon,” Lula said, citing the advance of Starlink antennas in remote areas.

Bolsonaro, Networks and 2026

The report also cites the context of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is considered ineligible until 2030. Moraes avoided commenting on the ongoing trial, but said he did not see “the slightest possibility” of reversal of (TSE).

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According to him, eventual candidates by Michelle Bolsonaro or the former president’s children will not have the same weight. “None of them have the relationship with the Armed Forces that he [Bolsonaro] I had, ”he noted.

“I’m hated everywhere”

Speaking of his career, Moraes recalled that he has been targeted by the left when he took over the Ministry of Justice in the Temer government and is now fought on the right. “At the time, they called me a coup. Now I’m hated by the far right. I’m used to it,” he said.

The report of New Yorker It describes Moraes as “one of the most powerful men in Brazil” and responsible for waging a legal battle against the so -called “digital militias” pockets. In an ironic tone, the minister commented a popular meme on the networks: “Mixed Voldemort with a Sith and said it’s me. I found it funny.”