Brazil's Supreme Court approves reinstatement of X (formerly Twitter) in exchange for absolute submission to the judiciary


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In the case where X (formerly Twitter) suspended its services in Brazil from August 30, 2024 due to a feud with the Brazilian Supreme Court, the number of users of rival SNS Bluesky increased sharply and 30% of former X users reported an improvement in their mental health, resulting in significant changes in the lives of Brazilian Internet users. On October 8, 2024, more than a month after X was blocked, Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes allowed X to resume its services and ordered authorities to take measures to resume its activities.

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X was forced to suspend its services in Brazil after it ignored an order from the Brazilian Supreme Court directing it to remove accounts that spread fake news. X fought back by closing its Brazilian office, but Supreme Court Justice Moraes ordered it to pay a huge fine.

X subsequently deleted the problematic accounts as ordered and paid a total of 28.6 million reais (approximately 770 million yen) in fines on October 4, 2024. However, the resumption of service was delayed because the money was transferred to an account of the Federal Savings Bank of Brazil instead of the account of the Bank of Brazil specified by the Supreme Court.

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X then reported that it had paid the fine to the account designated by the Supreme Court on October 7. In response, Judge Moraes ordered the unblocking of X on October 8 and ordered the Telecommunications Authority (Anatel) to take the necessary measures to resume X's operation.

Judge Moraes stressed that the conditions for resuming activities are full compliance with Brazilian law and 'respect for national sovereignty and absolute compliance with judicial decisions.'

This paves the way for X to resume services in Brazil, but it is not certain that X will be available throughout the country right away.

That's because authorities need to give internet providers the power to lift restrictions on X, and Brazil has more than 20,000 fixed-line and mobile operators in total.

X's government relations account said, 'X is proud to be back in Brazil. Providing access to our essential platform for tens of millions of Brazilians was our top priority in this case. We will continue to defend freedom of speech within the bounds of the law, wherever we are.'

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