This is a retaliation for not appointing a legal representative in the country. The social network formerly known as Twitter is being asked for fines worth almost 3 million euros for not removing content.
Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes on Friday ordered the suspension of social media giant X in retaliation for failing to appoint a legal representative in the South American giant.
De Moraes has already notified the National Telecommunications Agency of the decision, which now has 24 hours to implement it. In addition, Apple and Google’s online stores must remove the X application within a maximum of five days.
The judge has imposed daily fines of up to 50,000 reais (around 8,000 euros) against people or companies that use alternative measures to circumvent the ban and access X, the social network formerly called Twitter and now owned by tycoon Elon Musk, reports the news portal G1.
The company, which is being sued in Brazil Fines worth 18 million reais (about 2.9 million euros) for not removing contenthad already assumed that it was a matter of hours before De Moraes ordered the closure. In a statement, he warned that “he will not comply with illegal orders to censor political opponents.”
Also Musk In the last few hours he has attacked the magistrate, with messages in which he has called him a “dictator” and a “criminal of the worst kind.” The businessman believes that the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvais “his lapdog.”
The president, for his part, responded that “any citizen from any part of the world who has investments in Brazil is subject to the Constitution and Brazilian laws,” that he must “accept the rules,” and that having a lot of money does not mean he can “disrespect” and “offend” the country’s authorities.
Source: Eitb
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