FILE PHOTO: The X account of Elon Musk in seen blocked on a mobile screen in this illustration after Brazil's telecommunications regulator suspended access to Elon Musk's X social network in the country to comply with an order from a judge who has been locked in a months-long feud with the billionaire investor, Sao Paulo, Brazil taken August 31, 2024. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo
BRASILIA (Reuters) -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.
($1 = 5.4339 reais)
(Reporting by Ricardo Brito; Editing by Anthony Esposito)
