X asks Brazil's top court to allow it to resume operations

27/9/2024 6:10

        Elon Musk-owned social
        media platform X has requested Brazil's Supreme Court to allow
        it to resume service in the country, a source with direct
        knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.
        
        X was shut down in late August in Brazil, one of its
        largest and most coveted markets, after not complying with court
        orders related to hate speech moderation and failing to name a
        local legal representative, as required by law.
        
        Musk had denounced the orders as censorship and vowed
        not to comply with them. But the platform started to reverse
        course last week, when lawyers for X in Brazil said the company
        had tapped a local legal representative and would follow court
        rulings.
        
        X, the source said, sent the Supreme Court a document
        proving that it has formally signed lawyer Rachel de Oliveira
        Conceicao as its Brazil legal representative and blocked nine
        accounts under investigation in a hate speech and misinformation
        probe.
        
        It also said that 18 million reais ($3.31 million) in a
        previously imposed fine had been paid, the source added.
        
        X did not immediately reply to a request for comment.