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The Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) ruled Friday that for X (formerly Twitter) to resume activities in Brazil, it must prove payment of the fines imposed for non-compliance with the court’s order to appoint a legal representative in Brazil.
Brazil, with more than 21.5 million X users, is a major market for the social media platform. X sent a document to the STF earlier this week stating it has blocked nine accounts under investigation in a hate speech and misinformation probe and appointed a legal representative to represent the company in Brazil. STF Justice Alexandre de Moraes ruled that the fines, totaling R$18.3 million must be paid first.
Brazil originally gave X a 24-hour deadline to appoint a legal representative in the country, but after X failed to do so, Justice Moraes ordered the company to suspend operations in Brazil. However, after Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) reported an update to X’s application that provided users access to the platform, the Brazilian Supreme Court ordered a daily fine of R$5 million to be imposed on the platform and a daily fine of R$50,000 on individuals and entities attempting to bypass the suspension using technological means such as virtual private networks (VPNs). X now owes a total of R$10 million for failure to comply for two days, on top of several other fines.
Elon Musk, who has branded himself as a champion of free speech, has been having an ongoing censorship battle with Justice Moraes. Justice Moraes froze both X’s and Musk-owned satellite internet provider Starlink’s accounts in Brazil. Musk responded by saying “Alexandre de Moraes is an evil dictator cosplaying as a judge.”
The Global Government Affairs team at X addresed the situation Thursday stating:
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Brazil, with more than 21.5 million X users, is a major market for the social media platform. X sent a document to the STF earlier this week stating it has blocked nine accounts under investigation in a hate speech and misinformation probe and appointed a legal representative to represent the company in Brazil. STF Justice Alexandre de Moraes ruled that the fines, totaling R$18.3 million must be paid first.
Brazil originally gave X a 24-hour deadline to appoint a legal representative in the country, but after X failed to do so, Justice Moraes ordered the company to suspend operations in Brazil. However, after Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) reported an update to X’s application that provided users access to the platform, the Brazilian Supreme Court ordered a daily fine of R$5 million to be imposed on the platform and a daily fine of R$50,000 on individuals and entities attempting to bypass the suspension using technological means such as virtual private networks (VPNs). X now owes a total of R$10 million for failure to comply for two days, on top of several other fines.
Elon Musk, who has branded himself as a champion of free speech, has been having an ongoing censorship battle with Justice Moraes. Justice Moraes froze both X’s and Musk-owned satellite internet provider Starlink’s accounts in Brazil. Musk responded by saying “Alexandre de Moraes is an evil dictator cosplaying as a judge.”
The Global Government Affairs team at X addresed the situation Thursday stating:
The post X must pay fines to resume activities in Brazil appeared first on JURIST - News.
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Note: We don't have any responsibilities about this news. Its been posted here by Feed Reader and we had no controls and checking on it. And because News posted here will be deleted automatically after 21 days, threads are closed so that no one spend time to post and discuss here. You can always check the source and discuss in their site.