X Restored in Brazil After Musk Agrees to Court Demands
Brazil's Supreme Court allows Elon Musk's social media platform X to resume operations after a five-week ban. The reversal comes as X agrees to block specific accounts and name a local legal representative.
Brazil’s Supreme Court officially clears Elon Musk’s social media platform X to go back online, ending a contentious five-week blackout in the country. The court lifts the access block after X agrees to meet the specific legal demands that initially triggered the shutdown.
To resolve the standoff, Musk concedes to the court's orders by taking down certain user accounts and appointing a legal representative within Brazil. Previously, the platform faces the ban precisely because it lacks a local legal entity to answer to Brazilian judges and refuses to remove specific content.
The reinstatement follows a brief, accidental glitch in September when X briefly bypassed the block using Cloudflare, an error that costs Musk nearly $2 million in fines. Although Musk publicly accuses the Brazilian court of censoring conservative voices, he ultimately complies with the judicial pressure to restore service for Brazilian users.