According to a court document, Brazil’s Supreme Court stated on Friday that social platform X still needs to pay just over $5 million in pending fines, including a new one, before it can resume operations in the country.
Earlier this week, the Elon Musk-owned U.S. company informed the court that it had complied with orders to stop the spread of misinformation and requested the platform ban be lifted. However, Judge Alexandre de Moraes responded on Friday, ruling that X and its legal representative in Brazil must agree to pay 18.3 million reais ($3.4 million) in fines previously ordered by the court.
The judge also mentioned that the court could access frozen resources from X and Starlink accounts in Brazil, but this would require Musk’s satellite company to drop its pending appeal against the fund freeze.
Additionally, Moraes imposed a new 10 million reais ($1.8 million) fine for a brief period last week when X became accessible to some users in Brazil despite the ban. X, formerly known as Twitter, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A source close to X stated that the tech firm will likely pay all the fines but may challenge the extra 10 million reais imposed after the platform ban.
In his ruling, Judge Moraes acknowledged that X had complied by blocking the required accounts and appointing the legal representative in Brazil.
We hope a positive resolution is reached for all parties involved.
