Lula says Musk must respect Brazil’s top court as X braces for shutdown

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday that billionaire Elon Musk must respect the rulings of the country’s Supreme Court, amid an ongoing feud that left social media giant X on the brink of being taken down in Brazil.

X was still working normally in Brazil on Friday morning, but the platform said on Thursday that it expected Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to order a shutdown “soon”, after a court-imposed deadline for the company to identify a legal representative in Brazil expired.