The saga regarding X and Brazil continues. On Friday, Brazil’s Supreme Courtroom said that X paid its fines to the flawed financial institution, Reuters reported. This can delay the return of the social media platform to Brazil.
Again in August, Brazil’s high courtroom banned X (previously Twitter) for failing to nominate a authorized consultant inside the nation. This got here after X proprietor Elon Musk refused to adjust to Brazil’s order to take down misinformation and pretend information and pay fines for this, which Musk known as “censorship orders.“
Nonetheless, this battle did not final lengthy as a result of X surrendered to Brazil in September when Musk quietly agreed to the nation’s calls for: taking down accounts spreading misinformation, appointing a neighborhood consultant, and paying fines.
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On the latter level, Musk and X have taken hit after hit. In late September, Brazil’s Supreme Courtroom stated if X needed to be reinstated, it’d need to pay an further $5 million in fines after already paying $3.3 million. This Friday, X filed a brand new request for Brazil to raise its suspension, claiming it paid all of the fines. Brazilian Supreme Courtroom justice Alexandre de Moraes responded that X wanted to pay its fines to the appropriate financial institution, in keeping with Reuters. The justice additionally stated that when that is completed, Brazil’s prosecutor basic will contemplate the corporate’s request.
X’s legal professionals then apparently denied sending the funds — which quantity to round $5.24 million — to the flawed place, in keeping with courtroom paperwork seen by Reuters. X’s counsel additionally denied the necessity for the prosecutor basic’s opinion earlier than X might operate in Brazil once more.
Mashable has reached out to X for remark.