X-ed out: the battle for free speech in Brazil and beyond

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  In Brazil,

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  judges have blocked access to X. one of the country's most popular social networks.

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  In France,

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  prosecutors have banned the head of Telegram from leaving the country

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  while they investigate the messaging platform.

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  In Britain,

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  judges are sentencing social media users to prison for messages posted online during recent riots.

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  In America, there are plans to ban TikTok, a wildly popular Chinese-owned app.

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  Arguments about free expression are beginning to boil over as governments clamp down on speech online.

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  In some instances, the crackdown is justified.

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  France's case against Telegram,

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  a Russian-founded app which has 50% more users worldwide than X,

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  focuses on its policing of illegal content.

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  The app, which has only about 50 employees,

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  has long been seen as an easy place to share material involving child abuse and advertised drugs and other contraband.

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