On Sunday, conservative billionaire Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform X, joined the list of people being investigated in the ongoing inquiry into anti-democratic digital militias by order of Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. “Social media platforms aren’t lawless land! Social media platforms aren’t no man’s land,” the justce wrote in capital letters in his decision.

The decision was taken after Musk’s attack targeting Moraes on X. In a post on his profile, the billionaire argued that Brazil’s Supreme Court justice should resign or be impeached. “Coming shortly, X will publish everything demanded by @Alexandre and how those requests violate Brazilian law. This judge has brazenly and repeatedly betrayed the constitution and people of Brazil,” he posted.

Moraes also decided to open an investigation into the conduct of the billionaire for obstruction of justice and incitement to crime. The justice also ordered X to comply with all the orders of the Brazilian courts and set a fine of BRL100,000 (US$19,860) for each profile it reactivates irregularly.

This is not the first time Elon Musk has tried to influence the internal affairs of Latin American countries. Besides Brazil, countries like Venezuela, Bolivia and Argentina are among those the billionaire has meddled in domestic politics, always seeking to favor conservative and far-right groups or politicians.

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