Brazil’s top court fines X before allowing service to resume

Brazil’s Supreme Court announced on Friday that social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, must pay more than $5 million in outstanding fines, including a newly imposed penalty, before it can resume operations in the country, according to a court document.

Earlier this week, the Elon Musk-owned company informed the court that it had complied with orders to curb the spread of misinformation and requested that the ban on the platform be lifted. However, Judge Alexandre de Moraes ruled on Friday that X and its Brazilian legal representative still need to settle fines amounting to 18.3 million reais ($3.4 million) previously imposed by the court.