Brazilian court allows social network X to resume operations
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Brazil's Supreme Court allowed X to restart its services in the country on Tuesday after the social media platform changed its stance and began adhering to court rulings that billionaire owner Elon Musk had previously promised to oppose.
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A Brazilian user of the social network X, formerly Twitter, browses posts on a cell phone in Brasilia on August 31, 2024. (AFP)
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court announced that it has permitted social network X to restart its operations in the country after the company fulfilled all the court's requirements.
In a statement on Tuesday, the court said "Supreme Federal Court Judge Alexandre de Morais has authorized the resumption of the activities of the social network X in Brazil and ordered the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) to take measures in this regard."
The statement noted that the resumption of X's operations was contingent upon "complete adherence to judicial rulings while honoring national sovereignty."
Earlier this week, Musk's X paid multi-million-dollar fines to Brazil to settle a long-running legal battle with Moraes, who had ordered the shutdown of the platform's operations in the country, citing misinformation.
However, following the settlement of the payment, Moraes revealed that the money was transferred to the wrong account and ordered the immediate redirection of the $5.2 million in funds into the correct one.
On August 30, Judge Alexandre de Moraes of ordered the suspension of X in the country because Elon Musk declined to appoint a new legal representative for the platform and refused to suspend accounts on the platform loyal to former President Jair Bolsonaro and spreading disinformation.
The judge had previously frozen Starlink's accounts in Brazil for the same issue, but the Supreme Court later lifted that freeze. The Supreme Court also upheld Morais's decision to suspend X.
