If you thought the battle between Brazil and X (and its owner Elon Musk) would end without one final hurdle, you would be sorely mistaken.
It started a few weeks ago, when Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered X to take down what Moraes thinks are misinformation and fake news on the site. Musk refused the Court’s demands, and Brazil responded by blocking social media across the country. Then, last week, Musk quietly decided to do what he was asked to do by removing the accounts that caused the issue, and naming a national representative, according to the New York Times.
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Elon Musk’s IX is losing users in the US, UK, and EU. X’s data proves it.
UX reportedly asked Brazil to lift the ban after it complied, but the site is not live in Brazil yet. On Friday, the country’s Supreme Court said that if X wants to work in the country again, he will need to pay an additional fine of $5 million, Reuters reported.
UX did not immediately respond to Mashable’s request for comment, but a “person close to X” told Reuters that the social network may pay a fine.
