Brazil lifts ban on X after Elon Musk complies with court orders

Brazilians are set to regain access to X after a Supreme Court judge lifted a nearly six-week ban imposed due to Elon Musk’s non-compliance with local laws.

According to The Guardian, The ban, which affected over 22 million users in Brazil, was implemented at the end of August following a prolonged conflict between Musk and the Brazilian Supreme Court. The immediate cause for the ban was Musk’s failure to appoint a local representative and pay substantial fines. However, this conflict also reflected a broader battle over the spread of far-right misinformation and anti-democratic content on the platform, which Brazilian authorities linked to the far-right riots that took place in Brasília in January 2023.