Brazilian Supreme Court to Impose $1 Million a Day Fine to X as it Goes Back Online Despite Ban

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The Brazilian Supreme Court is set to impose a fine of $1 million a day on two of Elon Musk’s companies, X and Starlink, after the former partially went back online on Wednesday despite being banned in the country.

The social media platform became available on Wednesday after it switched third-party cloud providers, allowing users to go online without a VPN, something the country’s high court also prohibited.

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While X said the move was inadvertent, some officials told the Financial Times that they believe it to be a technical maneuver to circumvent the ban. “While we expect the platform to be inaccessible again in Brazil soon, we continue efforts to work with the Brazilian government to return very soon for the people of Brazil,” the company said in a statement.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/brazilian-supreme-court-to-impose-1-million-a-day-fine-to-x-as-it-goes-back-online-despite-ban/ar-AA1qRimp

On 30 August 2024, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court judge Alexandre de Moraes imposed a block of Twitter (officially known as X) in Brazil. This occurred after the social network’s chairman Elon Musk refused to appoint a legal representative in the country, which led Moraes to freeze Starlink’s financial assets and impose fines for non-compliance. Twitter began to be suspended at the start of the following day.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_of_Twitter_in_Brazil

h/t Emeraldlight

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