Big Tech platforms X and Telegram are the latest targets of anti-free speech campaigns by governments consumed with making George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 a reality. 
After owner Elon Musk and X executives declared for weeks that X would not agree to censor Brazilian dissident accounts or pay fines, the company has reportedly agreed to these measures to avoid a ban from Brazil’s radical Supreme Court. Telegram is likewise reportedly being coerced to share user data by the French government.
The New York Times reported Saturday that X’s lawyers affirmed X agreed to censor accounts considered objectionable by Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. X will also pay the fines De Moraes requested and appoint a new legal representative in Brazil, the outlet stated. The Times added that the Brazilian Supreme Court affirmed X’s new…
