The accusations against Elon Musk’s company were due to misinformation and requests its restoration after complying with orders. The old Twitter was blocked on August 31 and had 22 million registered users.
Platform unlock of the social network in the country, after the suspension of the old Twitter in the most populous country in Latin America, since August 31 by order of a judge of the Federal Supreme Court (STF).
The accusations pointed to a breach of court orders requiring him to withdraw accounts accused of misinform and appoint a legal representative in Brazil. The company presented new documents requested by the STF magistrate, Alexandre de Moraesso he claims to have already met all the requirements.
After the tycoon assured to comply with everything ordered, the network requests his restoration in Brazilwhere until its suspension it had 22 million users registered. X had already appointed a legal representative in the country in previous days, one of the requirements required to function again.
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However, in a legal document released on Saturday, Moraes considered that the requirement to restore the service “was not duly fulfilled” and gave him a period of five days to submit new documents. He also ordered X to pay a fine of at least US$913,000 for violating the suspension last week.
Last Wednesday the social network was once again widely accessible in Brazil thanks to a technical maneuver which allowed him to bypass the blockade. The next day it stopped working again, after attacking a court order.
X argued that this temporary restoration was the “involuntary” consequence of a server changebut De Moraes considered that there was an intention “malicious, illicit and persistent of platform
For its part, the STF indicates that it maintains the case in summary secret. De Moraes and Musk are fighting over the limits of freedom of expression. After X’s suspension, Musk called the magistrate “evil dictator“.
Source: Ambito
