X only has to pay a final fine in Brazil to restore his services Bloomberg and CNBC. The Supreme Court ordered R to pay the company 10 million reais, or about $1.9 million, for failing to comply with the Brazilian court order within two days. Moraes added that the company’s return “depends only on full compliance with Brazilian law and absolute compliance with court rulings on national sovereignty.” Specifically, Moraes fined Xi on September 19 restores services Although it is banned on the website for some people in the country. The judge also fined the company after X defied the ban a second time through Starlink on September 23.
X’s owner, Elon Musk, previously resisted Moraes’ order to remove and freeze several accounts on the platform that were allegedly spreading misinformation. Musk saw it as censorship and chose it closes operations in the country instead of performing. In response, Moraes ordered the country’s internet providers block the social media platform and issuing a new rule that anyone accessing X via a VPN could face a daily fine of 50,000 Real ($8,900). The court also froze the Brazilian bank account of SpaceX’s Internet provider Starlink. Ultimately, the Supreme Court removed 18.35 million reais ($3.4 million) from Starlink and X’s accounts to settle previous penalties imposed on the social network.
However, a few days ago, X’s lawyers reportedly filed a document with the court naming the company’s legal representative in Brazil, as requested by Moraes. The website also removed accounts the judge had identified in his original directive as a threat to democracy, indicating he is now willing to do so. to comply with court orders. The New York Times at the time, X stated that Brazil had not submitted all the necessary documents for the ban to be lifted. Moraes’ statement that the company will be “immediately back to business” after paying this fine suggests that X has squared away and Brazilian users will soon be able to access the website.
