It has been claimed that Justice Alexandre de Moraes of the Supreme Court of Brazil has stated that X is able to “immediately return to its activities.”
Engadget According to Bloomberg and CNBC, in order for X to have its services reinstalled in Brazil, it is only necessary for the company to pay one final punishment. For failing to comply with a court order issued by Brazil for a period of two days, the Supreme Court R has ordered the corporation to pay a fine of 10 million Reais, which is equivalent to around $1.9 million. Moraes went on to say that the return of the corporation “is solely dependent on the complete compliance with Brazilian legislation and the absolute observance of the court orders in respect to national sovereignty.” To be more specific, Moraes levied a fine against X on September 19 for resuming its services in the country for some individuals despite the fact that the website was banned. After X disobeyed the ban for a second time on September 23 through Starlink, the judge also imposed a punishment on the firm.
When Moraes ordered many accounts that were allegedly propagating disinformation on the platform to be taken down and frozen, Elon Musk, the owner of X, first protested Moraes’ request. Instead of complying with the regulations, Musk chose to shut down its business in the country since he considered it to be censorship. As a result, Moraes issued an order to the nation’s internet providers, instructing them to ban the social media platform and to publish a new law regarding the possibility of a daily fee of 50,000 Reais ($8,900) for anyone who is discovered to be accessing X through a virtual private network (VPN). Additionally, the court placed a freeze on the bank account of SpaceX’s Starlink internet service provider when it was located in Brazil. Additionally, in order to settle prior penalties that the Supreme Court had placed on the social network, it ultimately took 18.35 million Reais, which is equivalent to $3.40 million, from the accounts of Starlink and X.
However, according to reports, X’s legal team submitted a document to the court stating the company’s legal representative in Brazil. This was in response to Moraes’s demand that the same paperwork be submitted. In addition, the website erased the accounts that the judge had listed in its original directions and that he had characterized as a threat to democracy. This demonstrates that the website is now willing to comply with the orders that have been issued by the court. During that time period, the New York Times claimed that X had failed to provide Brazil with all of the required documentation in order to have the country lift its ban. Moraes’s comment that the company can “immediately return to its activities” if it pays this fee gives the impression that X has resolved this issue, and it is possible that Brazilian users will soon be allowed to access the website.