The move is the latest chapter in an ongoing feud between Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and Elon Musk.
Court order comes after a deadline expired for the company to identify a legal representative in BrazilJudge threatens users of VPNs with daily finesA Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered on Friday the “immediate suspension” of social media platform X in the country, after a court-imposed deadline expired for the company to identify a legal representative in Brazil.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ordered the “immediate suspension” of Elon Musk’s social media platform X in the country.In the decision, Moraes ordered the full and immediate suspension of X in the country until all related court orders on X were complied with, including the payment of fines amounting 18.5 million reais and the nomination of a legal representative in Brazil.
In a bid to avoid the use of virtual private networks to circumvent the blockage, Moraes said that individuals or companies who tried to keep access to the social network that way could be fined up to 50,000 reais a day.X said late on Thursday that it expected Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to order a shutdown “soon,” after a court-imposed deadline expired for the company to identify a legal representative in Brazil.
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