{"id":2191076,"date":"2024-03-02T18:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T23:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-explains-x-misgendering-rules-are-due-to-brazilian-court-ruling-and-apply-there-alone\/"},"modified":"2024-03-02T18:29:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T23:29:32","slug":"musk-explains-x-misgendering-rules-are-due-to-brazilian-court-ruling-and-apply-there-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-explains-x-misgendering-rules-are-due-to-brazilian-court-ruling-and-apply-there-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk clarifies that the &#8216;misgendering&#8217; rules are specific to Brazil, following a court ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusk-explains-x-misgendering-rules-are-due-to-brazilian-court-ruling-and-apply-there-alone%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2191076&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Elon Musk Resolves &#8220;Misgendering&#8221; Rules Issue, \u200cExcept in Brazil<\/h2>\n<p>X owner Elon Musk has successfully addressed the platform&#8217;s \u2063&#8221;misgendering&#8221; rules in all countries except\u2063 Brazil, where a court\u200c ruling\u2064 still upholds them.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has been actively responding\u200d to complaints \u200cthis\u200b week \u200bregarding X&#8217;s reinstated rules against using incorrect pronouns \u2062or previous names to address individuals. In April 2023,\u200d Musk had initially removed the rule\u200b titled &#8220;Use of Prior Names and Pronouns&#8221;\u200d when he took over the\u200c platform.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, Musk\u200d attempted to justify the\u2063 policy as a means to combat targeted harassment. However, on Saturday, he provided a\u2064 different explanation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Turns out this was due\u2064 to a court judgment in Brazil,\u200c which is being appealed,\u2062 but should not apply outside of Brazil,&#8221; Musk wrote in response to another complaint about the new\u200c policy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This likely refers to Brazil&#8217;s Supreme Court ruling\u2063 in August\u200d 2023, which\u2062 deemed homophobic slurs punishable by imprisonment. The majority of the Supreme\u200d Court judges concluded that homophobic slurs fell under the \u2064country&#8217;s laws against racial\u2062 slurs, \u2062which are also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-top-health-insurance-provider-tells-employees-not-to-hire-white-men\/\" title=\"Report: Top Health Insurance Provider Tells Employees Not To Hire White Men\">considered punishable offenses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As the \u200downer, Musk has reinstated controversial accounts, including those of\u2062 radio host Alex Jones, Bill Clinton&#8217;s accuser Juanita Broaddrick, and former President Donald Trump,\u2063 after they \u2064were banned for violating previous platform policies.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has also pledged to \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/green-activist-tied-to-top-dems-cant-account-for-millions-given-to-her-bail-fund\/\" title=\"Green Activist Tied To Top Dems Can\u2019t Account For Millions Given To Her Bail Fund\">provide legal assistance<\/a>\u200d to X users who\u200d face employment consequences due to their posts on the platform. He has already supported actress Gina Carano in her lawsuit against Disney, following her removal \u200cfrom The Mandalorian \u2064due to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-here-are-the-10-worst-colleges-for-free-speech\/\" title=\"Report: Here Are The 10 Worst Colleges For Free Speech\">social media activity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What\u200c other actions has\u2062 Elon Musk taken as the owner of X, such as reinstating controversial accounts and providing legal assistance<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Elon Musk, the owner of X, has successfully \u2062resolved the issue of &#8220;misgendering&#8221; rules on the platform in\u200d all countries except Brazil. Despite his efforts, a court ruling \u200cin Brazil still upholds these rules. Musk \u2064has\u200c been\u200c actively responding to complaints this week regarding X&#8217;s reinstated rules against using incorrect pronouns or previous names to address individuals. When\u2062 Musk took over the\u200b platform in \u2064April 2023, he \u2062initially\u200d removed the rule titled\u2062 &#8220;Use of Prior Names and Pronouns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At first, Musk \u2062attempted to justify the policy \u200das a way to combat targeted harassment. However, on Saturday, he provided a different explanation. &#8220;Turns out this \u2062was due to a court judgment in Brazil, which is being appealed but should not apply outside of Brazil,&#8221; Musk wrote in response to another complaint about the new policy. <\/p>\n<p>This \u2062explanation likely\u200b refers\u2062 to Brazil&#8217;s Supreme Court ruling in\u200b August 2023, which deemed homophobic slurs punishable by \u2064imprisonment. The majority of the Supreme Court judges concluded that homophobic slurs fell under\u200c the country&#8217;s laws \u200cagainst racial slurs, which are \u2063also considered punishable \u200coffenses. <\/p>\n<p>As \u200cthe\u2062 owner of X, Musk has reinstated controversial\u200d accounts, including\u200d those of radio host Alex Jones, Bill Clinton&#8217;s accuser Juanita Broaddrick, and \u200dformer President Donald Trump, after\u2063 they were\u2063 banned for violating previous platform policies. <\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Musk has pledged\u2062 to provide legal assistance to X users who \u200dface employment consequences due to their posts on the platform. He \u200chas already supported actress Gina Carano in her lawsuit against\u2063 Disney, following her removal from The Mandalorian due to her social media activity. <\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Elon Musk has successfully resolved the issue of &#8220;misgendering&#8221; rules on X in all countries except Brazil.\u200c Although a court ruling in Brazil upholds these rules, Musk is in the process\u2063 of appealing it. He has also taken \u200cother noteworthy\u2063 actions such\u200b as reinstating controversial accounts and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senior-biden-advisers-legal-group-pledges-to-defend-hamas-sympathizers-in-new-york-city\/\" title=\"Biden adviser's legal team vows to support Hamas sympathizers in NYC.\">offering legal assistance<\/a> to users facing employment consequences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>X owner Elon Musk has resolved the &#8220;misgendering&#8221; rules issue on his platform globally, except in Brazil due to a court decision. 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