SAO PAULO, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Media platform X said on

Saturday it would close its operations in Brazil "effective

immediately" due to what it called "censorship orders" from

Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes.

X claims Moraes secretly threatened one of its legal

representatives in Brazil with arrest if it did not comply with

legal orders to take down some content from its platform.

Brazil's Supreme Court, where Moraes has a seat, did not

immediately respond to a request for comment.

The X service remains available to the people of Brazil,

billionaire Elon Musk's platform said on Saturday.