X Unbanned in Brazil After Platform Pays Fine

X is unbanned in Brazil after the platform paid over 28 million reais and a newly appointed local representative. The site is now operational in Brazil once again.

Brazil being one of X’s largest markets in the world, it is no wonder that X did not want to let go of the country indefinitely. There is an estimate of around 22 million X users in Brazil alone. The loss of Brazillian users on X also meant more traffic for other sites like Bluesky and Tumblr. Bluesky had logged in a record-high number of new accounts ever since X was banned in Brazil.

This ban came as a result of a legal battle between Moraes and X. Moraes had claimed that X was enabling disinformation to take place by disagreeing to ban certain profiles that were spreading false information about Brazil’s Presidential election in 2022. Musk did not see kindly to this and he fired back and called out Moraes for abusing his power and violating free speech.

X Unbanned in Brazil: More on this ban and how X got itself unbanned

Moraes had demanded that the platform should appoint a legal representative in Brazil and suspend the accounts of those spreading disinformation. However, X did not comply. But strangely enough, X later went back on this and revealed the identities of the guilty accounts.

Later on, Brazil demanded a fee of 28 million reais if the platform wanted to reinstate itself into the country. And by the looks of it, the fine has been paid. A legal representative in Brazil was also named as per the requirements made by the country. Anatel is responsible for ensuring that X returns to Brazil and its 20 million followers in 24 hours.

X Faces a Fine For Platform’s Reinstatement in Brazil

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