X enfrenta una multa adicional de 1,9 millones de dólares para poner fin a la prohibición en Brasil
Reuters y other publications reported an order from the judge of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court, Alexandre de Moraes stating that the social network owned by Elon Musk can «immediately return to its activities in the national territory» if it pays a fine of 10 million reais (around 1.9 million dollars).
This adds to the 18.3 million reais (3.4 million dollars) that X had already been fined. Brazil froze the accounts of Starlink, X, and Musk’s satellite internet company to pay the fine, but to move forward, Moraes said that Starlink must withdraw its appeal against the payments.
For much of this year, X has been embroiled in a legal battle over Moraes’ attempt to block certain accounts that he accused of spreading misinformation about the elections. (Musk said that Moraes «should resign or be removed»). The company eventually ceased its operations in Brazil and was expelled from the country at the end of August.
The ban caused competitors’ services, including Bluesky, to increase in popularity.
More recently, however, X seemed to change course and agreed to block designated accounts, pay the required fines, and appoint a legal representative in Brazil. Moraes is now telling the company to pay this additional fine after X appeared to circumvent the ban earlier this month and resume service in the country, apparently a «coincidence» caused by X’s switch to Cloudflare infrastructure.
X’s Global Affairs account seemed to acknowledge its acquiescence in a post on Thursday stating: «We recognize and respect the sovereignty of the countries in which we operate» and affirming that providing access to Brazilian users «is essential for a thriving democracy.»
