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X is capitulating to Brazil’s Supreme Court


X could be unblocked soon.

Now, X’s lawyers said the company had done exactly what Mr. Musk vowed not to: take down accounts that a Brazilian justice ordered removed because the judge said they threatened Brazil’s democracy. X also complied with the justice’s other demands, including paying fines and naming a new formal representative in the country, the lawyers said. The company has spent the last three weeks fighting the ban and continuing to distribute content from members of the far right community in Brazil.

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