But how many tech companies and execs are really at risk?
(Meta was ordered last year to pay$1.3 billionfor violating similarly tough EU data privacy laws.)
This is speculation, but its speculation based on a lot of experience.
Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov in 2016.AOP.Press/Corbis/Getty Images
Signal really is encrypted.
But Telegram is mostly not actually encrypted, or is encrypted poorly.
(This post preceded the announcement of the actual charges against Durov.)
Pavlovski also insinuated that hed had to leave Europe for his own safety.
It was blocked in Russia this year because, Pavlovskiclaims, he rejected Moscows censorship requests.
(Meanwhile, he hasshared tweetscalling for the arrest of Zuckerberg over Metas lapses on child protections.)
There are two things that could be going on between X and the EU, says Keller.
This doesnt mean that Musks acts of defiance will never be without consequences.
The dispute began in April when Moraes ordered the suspension of X accounts alleged to be spreading disinformation.
(Justice Moraes is also investigating this riot.)
Musk threatened to reactivate the accounts, prompting Moraes to open a separateinquiryinto his possible obstruction of justice.
Its not the first showdown between the Brazilian courts and an American social media giant.
The arrest order wasquickly reversedby a judge thanks to a petition by Facebook, and Dzodan was released.
