Elon Musk’s social media platform X has filed a new request to resume operations in Brazil after settling outstanding fines imposed by the country’s Supreme Court, as revealed in a document reviewed by Reuters on Friday.
The platform is suspended in Brazil since late August due to its failure to comply with court orders related to hate speech moderation and the lack of a legal representative in the country, both of which are mandated by law.
Brazil, one of X’s largest markets, had taken action against the platform for its non-compliance. Recently, X shifted its approach and began following court directives, including blocking certain accounts that were under investigation.
On September 26, the company submitted an initial request to lift the suspension, but Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes insisted that X should pay over $5 million in fines before services could be restored.
The platform has now paid a total of $5.24 million, as confirmed by the legal filing.
X has formally requested the court to unblock the platform, allowing Brazilian users to access it freely, request to resume services in Brazil after paying some pending fines that had been imposed by the country’s Supreme Court, a document seen by Reuters on Friday showed.
X has been suspended since late August in Brazil, one of its largest and most coveted markets, after not complying with court orders related to hate speech moderation and failing to name a legal representative in the country, as required by law.
After reversing course and deciding to obey the orders in recent weeks, including blocking some accounts under investigation, the company initially asked the court on September 26 to allow it to resume service in Brazil.
But top court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ruled at the time the platform still needed to pay just over $5 million in pending fines before the suspension was lifted.
Payments totalling $5.24m have now been made and are “duly proven”, the document filed by X lawyers said. “X Brasil requests that the platform be unblocked for free access by its users in national territory.”
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