President Donald Trump’s media group and Rumble Inc. filed an emergency motion in a U.S. court on Feb. 22 seeking a temporary restraining order against Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes after he ordered a nationwide suspension of Rumble’s video-sharing service in Brazil.
De Moraes issued the suspension order on Feb. 21, after Rumble Inc. and Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) filed a lawsuit against him on Feb. 19, accusing him of violating U.S. free speech laws when he ordered the shutdown of accounts belonging to a Brazilian user living in the United States.
TMTG operates the social media platform Truth Social, and Rumble Inc. owns the video-sharing platform Rumble. The justice alleged that Rumble Inc. had failed to comply with court orders to name a legal representative in Brazil and to remove the Rumble account of Allan dos Santos….