A five-member panel of Brazil's Supreme Court yesterday upheld a ban on social media platform X nationwide. The unanimous vote came after the court's Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the ban Friday over X's failure to name a local legal representative as required by law. The decision came amid a monthslong dispute between the justice and the social media platform.
Elon Musk-owned X will remain blocked in the largest South American country until it complies and pays more than $3M in outstanding fines. Brazil is the world's sixth-largest market for X, with roughly 21 million users; the US has 108 million users (see stats). X was shut down over the weekend following the ruling by de Moraes, who called on the court to review his decision. Five-member panels of Brazil's full bench of 11 Supreme Court justices can review any decision made by a single judge.
Four of the judges also voted to uphold a daily $8.9K fine for people using virtual private networks to access X. Since the ban, at least 500,000 Brazilians have joined rival platform Bluesky.
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