The Alexandre de Moraes vs. X saga continues. It seemed it might be over, and that the ban in Brazil might get lifted after the social media company complied with the demands of the country’s Supreme Court.
And that included paying fines, which X owner Elon Musk last Friday said had been done. But now Justice Moraes claims that the payment was made to the wrong bank and needs to be transferred to the proper one – and besides, even when that issue is settled, the prosecutor general will have to be consulted before making a decision on restoring X in Brazil.
The first time X asked the Brazilian Supreme Court to allow it to resume business was on September 16, but Moraes at that time said that the fines still had to be paid.
The platform was blocked in August, as a result of an ever-escalating clash, always with Moraes as the main protagonist acting on behalf of Brazil. Since early 2024, X and Musk tried to resist censorship requests coming from Moraes and revealed some of the mechanisms behind it that were supposed to be kept from the public. […]
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