Judge in Brazil orders Musk’s X to obey ban or face daily fine
Al Jazeera
The social network X faces hefty new fine after its appears to defy ban ordered by a judge.
Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered the social media platform X to remove access to its website after service was restored despite a judge’s ban or face a daily fine of more than $900,000.
The social network, formerly known as Twitter, was banned last month in Latin America’s largest nation as part of a crackdown on disinformation, but access to the phone app returned on Wednesday.
X said the return of its service was “inadvertent and temporary”, but the government accused the company of deliberately violating the suspension order.
Judge Alexandre de Moraes said X would face a daily fine of 5 million reais ($913,000) until it obeys the order to suspend its service.
The social media platform has more than 22 million users in Brazil.
