Paulo Costa is not happy with Hollywood star Mark Ruffalo criticizing tech billionaire Elon Musk for his legal troubles in Brazil. On Saturday, the South American nation banned Musk’s micro-blogging platform X after he refused to name a legal representative for the country.
The ban is based on the Brazilian Supreme Court’s concerns regarding far-right narratives and suspected misinformation propagated on the platform. On Friday, Judge Alexandre de Moraes officially banned the website.
The country’s internet service providers have been instructed to block user access to X. Currently, the platform is largely inaccessible in Brazil through both the web and mobile applications.
Following the ban, Ruffalo took to X to criticize Musk for failing to comply with the Brazilian Supreme Court’s instructions. He wrote:
“‘Elon Musk showed his total disrespect for Brazilian sovereignty and in particular for the judiciary, setting himself as a true supranational entity and immune to the laws of each country.’ de Moraes wrote. Because he is a weird and entitled billionaire tech bro. Tax him HEAVILY.”
Costa doesn’t agree with the MCU actor’s criticism. Enraged by Ruffalo’s comments, ‘Borrachinha’ clapped back at him, writing:
“U don’t live in a third-world country named Brazil, I do. So u don’t have place of speech. I do and I said go f**k yourself u f*g.”
Catch Paulo Costa and Mark Ruffalo’s comments below:
Costa is a supporter of the Tesla CEO. He has even offered to train Musk for his rumored super-fight against Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg.
When Paulo Costa offered to train Elon Musk to fight Mark Zuckerberg
Amid all the bizarreness of the 2020s so far, a rumored super-fight between tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg stands out.
While the fight never came to be, owing to differences in opinion regarding the venue and promoters, professional fighters were eager to offer their services to both camps during the time.
In a post on X in 2023, an enthusiastic Paulo Costa offered to train Musk for the fight, writing:
“The cage fight will decide which platform will be deleted! Elon Musk if [yo]u need my help to be prepared for defend[ing] our platform, call me!”
