Today, after a month-long suspension, X is now live again in Brazil. The platform had been suspended since late August after a showdown with the country's Supreme Court in which X refused a court order to remove certain right-wing accounts and content that the Court said violated Brazilian law.
X issued a statement on its platform, saying it is 'proud to return to Brazil.' 'Giving tens of millions of Brazilians access to our indispensable platform was paramount throughout this entire process,' the statement read.
Nina Santos, a digital democracy researcher, remarked, 'I think that what he saw in the end was that he had no choice, and also, people in Brazil were just starting not to care.'
Shortly after Musk took over what was formerly Twitter in October 2022, the company received a consent decree from the Brazilian court, threatening a ban if it didn't keep its commitments to curtail election-related mis- and disinformation during the country's presidential run-offs.
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