A Brazilian user of the social network X, formerly Twitter, browses posts on a cellphone in Brasilia on Aug 31, 2024. Brazil's Supreme Court on September 19, 2024 ordered Elon Musk's X to suspend access to the social network, after service was restored despite a ban, or face a daily fine of over US$900,000. — AFP
Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Elon Musk’s X to restore a block on its site in the country or face daily fines after the social media network managed to evade restrictions through a software update.
Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who has been sparring with Musk for months, ordered the platform pay a financial penalty of 5mil reais (RM3.82mil or US$922,250) per day that X remained accessible in Brazil, accusing it in an order published Thursday of attempting to “disobey” the court’s decision to ban the site.
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