Brazil lifts ban on X after Elon Musk complies with court orders

Elon Musk’s X is getting back up and running in Brazil after a months-long standoff between the company and the country’s federal supreme court minister, Alexandre de Moraes.

Elon Musk’s X is getting back up and running in Brazil after a months-long standoff between the company and the country’s federal supreme court minister, Alexandre de Moraes.

“X is proud to return to Brazil,” the company wrote in a post on X from its global government affairs account. “Giving tens of millions of Brazilians access to our indispensable platform was paramount throughout this entire process. We will continue to defend freedom of speech, within the boundaries of the law, everywhere we operate.”

X was suspended in Brazil on Aug. 31, after an order from de Moraes that was upheld by a panel of other justices.

Brazil’s supreme court, known as Supremo Tribuno Federal, said in a statement on Tuesday that, “The company complied with the conditions stipulated by the rapporteur, Minister Alexandre de Moraes, and the platform may once again be used by Brazilians.”

The suspension was put in place because Musk, who owns X and runs it as technology chief, defied requests by Brazil’s court to ban some user accounts or remove content that the court said violated federal laws.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/brazil-lifts-ban-x-elon-musk-complies-court-orders-rcna174611

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