Supreme Court Minister Alexandre de Moraes ordered the unblocking of the social network X in Brazil last week. The platform has resumed full operations in the country. The blockage had been in effect for approximately 40 days, following a decision made on August 30, when the company closed its office in Brazil and ceased to maintain a legal representative in the country, a necessary requirement for any business to operate.
The billionaire Elon Musk, owner of the social network, announced the closure of the Brazilian headquarters of the company after a fine imposed for its refusal to comply with a court order to remove profiles of individuals investigated for posting messages deemed antidemocratic.
However, representation was reestablished in recent weeks, with lawyer Rachel Villa Nova resuming her role as the legal representative of the network. After the reopening of the representation and the payment of fines totaling R$ 28.6 million, X requested the court to restore its operations.
Juscelino Filho, Brazil’s Minister of Communications, called the company’s compliance a “victory for the country” in a statement. “We showed the world that here our laws must be respected, by whoever it may be,” he said.
With 21.5 million Brazilian users, the country was the sixth largest market for X.
Source: Agência Brasil and Reuters