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A judge in Brazil has ordered the suspension of X after owner Elon Musk failed to designate a new legal representative for the country, according to a report from Bloomberg. Earlier this month, Musk closed X’s offices in Brazil, saying Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes threatened to arrest the company’s legal representative for not complying with “censorship orders.” Brazil’s Supreme Court notified X on Wednesday that if it didn’t appoint a new legal representative within 24 hours, it would be banned.

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 Brazil’s supreme court has ordered the “immediate and complete suspension” of Elon Musk’s social media platform X – formerly Twitter – throughout the country.Justice Alexandre de Moraes had warned Musk on Wednesday night that X could be blocked in Brazil – where it is estimated to have some 40 million monthly users – if the tech billionaire failed to comply with his order to name a legal representative in the South American country.After the 24-hour deadline he gave expired, Justice Moraes put out a new statement on Friday stating that access to the platform would be banned until Musk...

Brazil’s supreme court orders immediate suspension of Elon Musk’s social media platform X

The court added that anyone using VPN to access the X platform would be subject to daily fines of 50,000 reais — $8,900 — though it’s not clear how it would enforce the decree. Earlier this month, X closed its operations in Brazil in protest against court...

Top court orders ban on Elon Musk’s X in Brazil

X, formerly known as Twitter, has said it expects to be blocked in Brazil after failing to meet a deadline to name a new legal representative for the company. The social media network closed its office in the country earlier this month, saying its representative had been threatened with arrest if she did not comply with orders it described as "censorship".

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The decision escalates a months-long feud between Musk and Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes, who has previously ordered the suspension of dozens of accounts on X for allegedly spreading disinformation. In April, Moraes ordered an investigation of Musk, accusing him of reactivating some banned accounts. Musk and other...

Brazil judge threatens to suspend X within 24 hours

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A Brazilian judge has banned the use of social media platform X in the country after the company declined to name a legal representative over concerns that the official would be arrested. The move comes as X, formerly Twitter, accuses officials within the Brazilian government of attempting to censor political...

Brazil suspends X, formerly Twitter, over legal issue

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered on Friday the "immediate suspension" of social media platform X in the country, after a court-imposed deadline expired for the company to identify a legal representative in Brazil. The move is the latest chapter in an ongoing feud between Brazilian...

Judge Orders Musk's X Immediately Shut Down in Brazil

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A judge banned the use of Elon Musk's social-media platform X in Brazil, according to media reports, the culmination of a months-long battle over allegations the platform was used to spread disinformation and Musk's free-speech retort. X had ignored an order to remove some accounts. So, on Friday, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ruled that internet service providers must block X in the country of about 215 million people, according to the New York Times. Local media reported that anyone who uses a VPN to circumvent the ban could be subject to a fine amounting to 50,000 reais ($8,900), according to the BBC. For cryptocurrencies, the decision cuts Brazilian users off from a platform that has for years served as the industry's town square. Crypto-supporter Jack Dorsey, who co-founded X when it was called Twitter, has supported two alternative platforms: Nostr and Bluesky, though he's distanced himself from the latter. One of Bluesky's developers posted on that platform after the Brazilian decision: "We've never seen traffic like this."

Elon Musk's X Is Reportedly Now Banned in Brazil Following Judge's Ruling

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The judge gave internet service providers and app stores five days to block access to the platform.

Top Brazilian judge orders suspension of X platform in Brazil amid feud with Musk

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Musk's fury as judge orders X shut down in Brazil

The judge, Alexandre de Moraes, handed down the ruling after Musk failed to comply with an order to name a new legal representative for the company....

Musk's fury as judge orders X shut down in Brazil

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