After X faced suspension in Brazil over its legal disputes, the country’s Attorney General supported the microblogging platform and Brazil’s Supreme Court has now said that X can resume its services in Brazil. The Supreme Court cleared the way for X to resume its functioning in Brazil after it was banned by the apex court due to non-compliance of the court orders. The billionaire Elon Musk owned company has now been following the court rulings. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who has been at loggerheads with Elon Musk since the past few months, gave the go ahead to X to resume its operations in Brazil, which is Latin America’s largest. X is proud to return to Brazil. Giving tens of millions of Brazilians access to our indispensable platform was paramount throughout this entire process. We will continue to defend freedom of speech, within the boundaries of the law, everywhere we operate. ---------- O… — Global Government Affairs (@GlobalAffairs) October 8, 2024 In one of the X’s biggest markets, the platform got banned on August 30 by Brazil's Supreme Court. The user base of X in Brazil ranges from 20 to 40 million users. De Moraes ordered the shutdown after a monthslong dispute with Musk over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation. In the verdict, Justice De Moraes wrote, “The resumption of (X)’s activities on national territory was conditioned, solely, on full compliance with Brazilian laws and absolute observance of the Judiciary’s decisions, out of respect for national sovereignty.” X welcomed the decision and said that it is proud to return to Brazil after being banned for around 40 days. In a statement posted by X on its Global Government Affairs account, the company said “Giving tens of millions of Brazilians access to our indispensable platform was paramount throughout this entire process. We will continue to defend freedom of speech, within the boundaries of the law, everywhere we operate.” According to a statement by Brazil's attorney general’s office, it told the country’s Supreme Court on Tuesday that it doesn’t see any reason why social media platform X should not be reinstated.
