The person being interviewed in that first link seems very biased, and obviously is for the authoritarian actions of the current Brazilian regime. She seems to take the stance that the secret unilateral censorship orders are “technically legal” while Musk and others take the stance that they are in conflict with Brazil’s own constitution. But leaving aside legality, obviously secret censorship orders based on political speech are very anti democratic - in the least such actions must be done in the open in full view of the public and not based on the sole judgment of one person. Even if it’s technically legal it should be debated and the law should be changed.
As an example of Aranha being biased, take this bit:
> So at the moment when were were managing to finally hold the main leaders of this attempted coup accountable, Elon Musk and Michael Shellenberger came onto the scene to attack the institutions that are prosecuting them, to usurp their power so they can’t convict them anymore. That was clearly their short term goal and in the long run Elon Musk obviously wants to be a player in the international far right and interfere in elections around the world, especially in the US.
What evidence is there that Musk wants to “interfere in elections”? If anything, he is seeking to remove interference from elections by advocating for less censorship and more neutrality.
Shellenberger didn’t “come onto the scene”. He’s been doing great research and journalism for a long time. Also pointing out one factual error that he readily admitted to doesn’t invalidate everything else the Twitter files uncovered. Even if you dismiss Shellenberger, there’s everything Glenn Greenwald has reported on what’s going on - is he also looking to support a coup? He faced attacks on his journalistic freedoms from the previous (Bolsonaro) administration and now the same from the present administration, for brave reporting.
Take that interview with a huge grain of salt. It’s Brasil Wire - which is a leftist (and therefore pro Lula) organization, and they’re not shy about their ideological bias:
https://www.brasilwire.com/about/