X agrees to pay Brazil fines, court orders finances unblocked


The ruling by Moraes paves the way for the suspension of X to be lifted in Brazil, where it has been off-limits to users since Aug 31 in a standoff over disinformation between the judge and Musk. — AFP

RIO DE JANEIRO: A Brazilian judge on Oct 2 ordered the unblocking of the bank accounts of Elon Musk's X in the country after the social media platform agreed to pay more than US$5mil in fines.

The ruling by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes paves the way for the suspension of X to be lifted in Brazil, where it has been off-limits to users since Aug 31 in a standoff over disinformation between the judge and Musk.

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