x only has to pay one last fine in Brazil to recover his services, according to x” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:Bloomberg;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>Bloomberg and x-expected-back-online-in-brazil-ahead-of-elections.html” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:CNBC;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>CNBC. The Supreme Court R ordered the company to pay 10 million reais, or about $1.9 million, for its failure to comply with Brazil's court order for two days. Moraes added that the company's return “depends solely on full compliance with Brazilian legislation and absolute observance of court orders in respect of national sovereignty.” Specifically, Moraes fined x on September 19 for restoring its services in the country to some people despite the website's ban. The judge also fined the company after x ignored the ban for the second time on September 23 via Starlink.
x owner Elon Musk previously resisted Moraes' order to close and freeze several accounts that were allegedly spreading disinformation on the platform. Musk saw it as censorship and chose to close his operations in the country rather than comply. In response, Moraes ordered the country's internet providers to block the social media platform and issue a new rule that anyone who accessed x through a VPN could face a daily fine of 50,000 reais ($8,900). The court also froze the Brazilian bank account of SpaceX's Starlink internet service provider. He finally withdrew 18.35 million reais ($3.4 million) from Starlink and x's account to pay off previous sanctions that the Supreme Court had imposed on the social network.
However, a few days ago, x's lawyers would have presented a document to the court naming the company's legal representative in Brazil, as Moraes had demanded. The website also removed accounts that the judge named in his initial directives and had identified as a threat to democracy, showing that it is now willing to comply with the court's orders. x-brazil.html” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:The New York Times;cpos:7;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>The New York Times reported at the time that x had not presented all the necessary documentation to get Brazil to lift its ban. Moraes' statement that the company can “immediately return to business” after paying this fine suggests that x fixed it and that Brazilian users could soon access the website.
