Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) and rumble have filed a lawsuit against a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice on Wednesday, claiming that voices in America are illegally censored on social media.
TMTG, the parent’s parent company Social and Rumble, a video sharing platform dedicated to free speech, accused the justice of Alexandre de Moraes of trying to “censor US companies illegally on American soil,” he states a lawsuit Submitted to the US Federal Court in Tampa.
Tmtg and Rumble accused Moraes of “appreciating an” obviously illegal order “on the political discourse” beyond the extent of the authority of justice of Morales “according to Brazil’s law because it affects US companies. The lawsuit describes a person identified as a “political dissident a” who fled to Brazil for political asylum in the United States after Moraes issued an order for his arrest for the crime of “spreading disinformation” and “criticizing the Supreme Court”.
“Justice Moraes issued great orders to suspend more US accounts … a well -known politically open user … ensuring that no person in the United States can see his content,” the lawsuit he acquired Fox News Digitalstates.
Brazilian justice of the Supreme Court Alexandre de Moraes. (Photo Evaristo with/AFP via Getty Images)
According to the lawsuit, Moraes ordered Rumble to block the “political dissident a” account, or confront the exclusion of a rumble in Brazil, but prosecutors claim that “the spread of misinformation” and “criticizing the Supreme Court” is perfectly lawful in us where there is a rumble. Truth Social says that would affect this and because it is partly relied on Tourism of rumble.
“The command of GAG, as it was announced, the censorship of the legitimate political discourse in the United States, undergoing fundamental constitutional protection contained in the first amendment, clashes with the Law on Decency of Communication and defying the basic principles of community,” the lawsuit continued.
Rumble and TMTG legal teams are seeking a judgment that declares Morales’ orders on implementation in the United States.
“” Allowing justice Moraes that a muzzle vocal user on the US digital socket would threaten our country’s obligation to open and robust the discussion. Even the extatheritorial dictates or judicial overcoming from abroad cannot undo freedom protected by the US Constitution and the Law, “the lawsuit said.
Since June 25, 2024. President Trump owned about 58.7% of the extraordinary shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, the company states on its website. (Campaign Donald Trump 2024)
Neither Rumble nor TMTG has subjects, operations, employees, bank accounts or companies in Brazil, according to a lawsuit.
“If the Moraces’ justice procedures were limited to Brazil, they would be regretted, and probably not in the province of US courts. But many of the justice of Morales justice, including illegal commands on GAG, reached directly to the United States to force action by procedure US companies that have no presence in Brazil and will have the effect of suppressing speech not only in Brazil but in the United States and Worldwide, “the lawsuit said.
“This Extraterritorial censorship This is how a direct, tangible influence on both the rumble and the TMTG. Rumble – with its headquarters, key physical servers and technical infrastructure on American soil – subject to the demolition of fines or direct prohibitions if it defies the justice of Moraes’ commands for Gag, “the lawsuit continues.
“The role is enlarged with the possibility that justice Moraes can press Google or Apple to completely remove the Rumble app from their app stores, it is effectively banning from US devices, as well as other third service providers to turn off the rumble. As a result, true Social – which in part It depends on Rumble’s technology – risks operational challenges in the United States, “the lawsuit added.
Rumble and Tmtg asked the court to “reject the execution of justice’s justice, the commands on the basis of being issued and attempted to be implemented in violating the established legal mechanisms, violating US sovereignty, violating US laws and in a way of incompatible with US public politics.”
Moraes did not immediately respond to the commentary request.
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Moraes recently “received an indictment that would make him decide whether to order the arrest of Jair Bolsonar, a former Brazilian president and ally Mr. Trump” New York Times. Bolsonaro was accused of participating in the plan to remain in power, despite the loss of current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro denied any injustice.
“Justice Moraes claimed that his actions were needed to protect Brazil from Mr. Bolsonar’s anti -December works and his supporters,” Times added.
Moraes was open against disinformation on social media and previously struggled with X owner Elon MuskBlocking his web of social media in Brazil until Musk has fulfilled orders to suspend “hundreds of accounts on social media” belonging to Bolsonaro supporters, according to The Times.
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25. June 2024, President Donald Trump He owned approximately 58.7% of the remaining TMTG shares, the company website states. In December, he transferred almost all his shares to Donald J. Trump’s opposition confidence, according to the application for securities and exchange.
TMTG was founded in February 2021 Trump and Andy Dean Litinsky. The company started trading on Nasdaq in March 2024.
Fox News Digital, Jeffrey Clark, contributed to this report.
