Brazil court warns X not to bypass ban

BRASILIA:

Brazil's Supreme Court ordered Elon Musk-owned X not to circumvent a previous ruling suspending the social media platform in the country, at risk of nearly $1 million daily fine, according to a decision issued late on Wednesday.

X became accessible to many users in Brazil on Wednesday after an update to its communications network bypassed the court-ordered block. A fine of 5 million real, or $921,726.95, has already been imposed because of that action, according to the decision.

In August, after a months-long dispute between Musk and Brazilian Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the Supreme Court ordered Brazil's mobile and internet service providers to block the platform, cutting users off within hours.

X said on Wednesday that a switch in network providers had resulted in "an inadvertent and temporary service restoration" in Brazil, adding that it is maintaining efforts to work with the Brazilian government to resume service there "very soon".