Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Friday added conditions for Elon Musk's X to have its service reestablished in the country, one day after the social media platform said it had complied with all the judge's demands, including naming a legal representative.
De Moraes said in a ruling that X may only be reinstated in Brazil after another company linked to the billionaire, satellite-based internet service provider Starlink, withdraws its appeals related to the case. X has been blocked in Brazil for nearly a month. De Moraes ordered the shutdown after sparring with Musk for months over free speech , far-right accounts and misinformation.
Earlier this month, de Moraes ordered Starlink's assets be used to cover X's fines that already exceeded $3 million. The Brazilian justice argued the two companies are part of the same economic group—a justification that has been questioned by some legal experts.
His new ruling also established a fine of 10 million Brazilian reais ($1.84 million). Experts examining X's IP addresses—numeric designations that identifies sites' location on the internet—said the company temporarily routed users through the servers of Cloudflare, a content delivery network.
X said it changed its servers to service clients in Latin America, which inadvertently brought the social media network back online in Brazil.
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