Is Brazil's ban of social media platform X legal or political? | Inside Story

Social media giant X has been banned in Brazil.
It's the latest development in a months-long dispute between a Supreme Court judge and tech billionaire Elon Musk over censorship and disinformation.
Brazil isn't the first country to restrict access to the platform.
The ban is reigniting a debate about the role social media plays in politics, freedom of speech and the spread of misinformation.
How should social media giants be regulated? And is censorship being used as a political tool?

Presenter: Dareen Abughaida

Guests:

Flora Rebello Arundini -- Senior adviser on technology and human rights who focuses on disinformation and social media regulation

Chris Stokel-Walker -- Technology and digital culture journalist. He hosts a podcast called Techtonic, which looks at freedom of expression online

Vinicius De Carvalho -- Reader in Brazilian Studies at King’s College London and founder of the Observatory of Democracy in Latin America

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