Elon Musk’s social network, X backs down in Brazil after defying Supreme Court orders

Elon Musk suddenly appears to be giving up.

After defying court orders in Brazil for three weeks, Musk’s social network, X, has capitulated. In a court filing on Friday night, the company’s lawyers said that X had complied with orders from Brazil’s Supreme Court in the hopes that the court would lift a block on its site.

The decision was a surprise move by Musk, who owns and controls X, after he said he had refused to obey what he called illegal orders to censor voices on his social network.