Musk’s X faces new fine to restore platform access in Brazil

Published September 28, 2024 10:57pm ET



Elon Musk‘s X is facing a new fine to end the social media platform’s ban in Brazil after the platform was suspended in the country in late August.

The Brazilian Supreme Court said on Friday that the tech company must pay over $5 million in fines before the platform’s services can resume in the country. This includes a new, roughly $1.8 million fine that was imposed because X became available to Brazilian users for a short time last week after a new update to the platform appeared to circumvent the ban. At the time, X claimed the temporary restoration was “an inadvertent and temporary service restoration.”

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