Brazil's Supreme Court lifts ban on social media site X
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro and social platform X owner Elon Musk talk during a meeting in Porto Feliz city in Sao Paulo state, Brazil. Photo by Kenny Oliveira | MCom | via Reuters
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Brazil's Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it was lifting a ban on X, after the social media site owned by billionaire Elon Musk had been blocked in its biggest Latin American market for over a month amid a row over disinformation.
"I authorize the immediate return of the activities" of the social platform, Judge Alexandre de Moraes said in his ruling, after X settled millions of dollars in fines for breaching court orders relating to the fight against misinformation.
In late August, Moraes ordered that X be suspended after Musk refused to name a legal representative in Brazil.
Moraes and Musk had been feuding for months over allegations X engaged in obstruction, criminal organization and incitement, namely over allegations that X was supporting a network of people known as digital militias who allegedly spread defamatory fake news and threats against Supreme Court justices.
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