X, Musk’s social media platform, has now reportedly complied with court orders that had prohibited users in Brazil from accessing the platform, thereby relinquishing its dispute with the Brazilian judiciary.
By designating a legal representative in Brazil, the platform adhered to one of the most significant requests issued by the supreme court.
It also paid outstanding penalties and removed user accounts that the court had ordered to be removed on the grounds that they imperiled the country’s democracy.
Musk had previously derided these requests as authoritarian acts of censorship.
In spite of this, the conflict is not yet concluded. The Supreme Court ruled that X had failed to submit the necessary documentation to substantiate its appointment of Rachel de Oliveira Conceicao as its Brazilian representative.
It granted the company five days to submit the documents that substantiated her appointment.
Alexandre de Moraes, the supreme court justice, has been at odds with Musk since April after he directed the company to delete more than 100 social media accounts that were questioning whether the far-right president Jair Bolsonaro had truly lost the 2022 election.
X’s offices in Brazil were closed by Musk by mid-August, resulting in the absence of a legal representative in the country, a legal requirement for firms to operate there.
In response, Moraes directed Brazil’s mobile and internet service providers to restrict access to X.
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