A hacker posted a series of offensive misogynistic messages from her page.
Brazil’s first lady, Rosangela Lula da Silva, said on Tuesday she would sue social media platform X, owned by Elon Musk, after her account was hacked last week, Reuters reported.
The hacker accessed Rosangela’s account and posted several offensive messages — including towards her and her husband, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and against women in general. The first lady called on the country to regulate social media platforms and said they should be held accountable for the actions of their users.
Her husband, meanwhile, agreed that regulation of social media was needed around the world, but said there would be complications.
“The challenge is to find out how we can deal with it without introducing censorship,” said Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who served as president from 2003 to 2010 and was re-elected in Brazil’s 2022 general election. “I know that the European Union has already introduced certain regulations. We will have to watch closely what the United States and China do.”
Two months ago, Musk’s social network received a warning for spreading misinformation about Israel and Hamas, and now regulators have opened an investigation against the company and have been given the power to “take enforcement action.” After all, for a violation, according to the EU Digital Services Act, X can receive a fine of up to 6% of annual revenue, or even say goodbye to work in the block.
