X returns to Brazil after a blackout of more than three weeks. And the social media platform was able to restore access to its 21 million users in the country.
CEO Elon Musk’s Social Network X is back online in Brazil. This ends a months-long fight between the billionaire and Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
The return of the platform comes following being shut down with bank accounts frozen and fines to both X and SpaceX by Judge de Moraes.
Brazil vs X
A May 2020 court order to block specific X accounts was the first warning in the dispute. Judge de Moraes determined that most of his political rivals were guilty of “hate speech” that targeted democratic institutions.
The flagged accounts belonged to political supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil.
It started when the judge demanded the social network block accounts from his political opposition claiming they were a risk to the nation’s democratic fabric.
Initially, X complied and removed the accounts. But in April, X’s Global Affairs account called the court’s orders illegal and said a year-long wait for an appeal had violated due process. Musk then threatened to reinstate the accounts, saying “principles matter more than profit.”
