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X could return to Brazil after the company appeared to capitulate to the country’s supreme court following a ruling on Friday night.
Lawyers for the platform formerly known as Twitter have stated it has agreed to do what Elon Musk insisted would not happen, to take down accounts that threatened Brazil’s democracy, as ordered by a judge.
X has also complied with financial penalties and appointed new representatives in the South American nation, potentially bringing the high-profile legal battle to a conclusion.
The ban was the culmination of growing tensions and acrimony between Musk and Brazil’s judiciary, particularly Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who has been the figurehead of the crackdown on digital misinformation.
Musk’s refusal to abide by certain judicial orders and the subsequent closure of X’s office in Brazil escalated the dispute.
The Tesla, SpaceX mogul was typically outspoken and bullish in his fight for ‘free speech’ in Brazil, alleging political censorship if the authorities got their way. That seems to be what is transpiring, after three weeks of contesting the ban and continuing to platform far-right content.
That action led to X being blocked by Brazilian ISPs, while last week there was a temporary return for the social media platform after switching to Cloudflare as its cloud provider.
X Given Five Days To Comply
The restoration was been explained as accidental by X’s Global Government Affairs team after the change of network providers, but Brazilian authorities reacted with suspicion and concern. They critiqued the move to Cloudflare as their use of dynamic IP addresses makes it more complex to block the platform.
Brazil’s Supreme Court has notified X’s interest to resume its operations in the country, according to a filing on Saturday, with the company granted five days to send documents to comply with the court’s orders.
A return for the platform would also bring back millions of users to X, with analysts estimating around 40 million Brazilians use the site at least once a month.
