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Ban on Elon Musk’s X platform upheld by Brazil Supreme Court

Judges vote to uphold the ban, which comes amid a standoff over misinformation and hate speech allegations.

All five judges on a Supreme Court panel have voted to uphold a ban on Elon Musk’s X social media platform in Brazil.

The move on Monday backs the decision by Justice Alexandre de Moraes, one of the five judges, to shut down X in Brazil. The ban, which went into effect on Saturday, was ordered by Moraes after the company missed a court-imposed deadline to name a legal representative in the South American country.

“It is not possible for a company to operate in the territory of a country and intend to impose its vision on which rules should be valid or applied,” Justice Flavio Dino said as he joined Justice Cristiano Zanin in siding with Moraes.

“A party that intentionally fails to comply with court decisions appears to consider itself above the rule of law. And so it can turn into an outlaw.”