We reported in August that the social network X was banned in Brazil following a dispute between Elon Musk and the Brazilian Supreme Court. More than a month later, the Musk-owned company has backtracked and decided to comply with the Brazilian court, which has just ruled that X can be unblocked in the country.

For context, major social platforms like X are regulated by a Brazilian law, which states that these platforms are responsible for the content shared by their users. However, since Elon Musk acquired X in 2022, he has explicitly criticized the Brazilian court’s requests to take down some accounts accused of spreading misinformation and fake news.

Earlier this year, Musk decided to close the X office in Brazil and laid off all the employees of the branch in the country. However, Brazilian law also demands that big foreign companies operating in the country must have a legal representative in Brazil.

Since Musk’s company had left the country and wasn’t complying with the court’s requests, it was ruled that X would be banned in Brazil – which happened on August 30. X had more than 20 million active users in Brazil, so losing them resulted in a significant negative impact for the platform.

Although Musk initially mocked the Brazilian court’s decision, the company later decided to comply with the requests. X paid a fine of R$28.6 million (around US$5 million) and agreed to suspend the accounts requested by the Brazilian government. Ironically, .

Although the Brazilian Supreme Court first ruled that Apple and Google should remove the X app from the App Store and Google Play, the court softened its decision and the app remained available to Brazilians (although it only works with a VPN). However, using it during the ban could result in a $10,000 fine.

Although the situation has been settled in Brazil, X’s controversial policies have also been frowned upon in Europe, .

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