(UPDATE) BRASÍLIA — Brazil's Supreme Court said on Friday that a judge has ordered the transfer of some $3 million from Elon Musk's companies to pay fines incurred by his social networking site X, which has been suspended in the South American country.
BRASÍLIA — Brazil 's Supreme Court said on Friday that a judge has ordered the transfer of some $3 million from Elon Musk 's companies to pay fines incurred by his social networking site X, which has been suspended in the South American country.Judge Alexandre de Moraes last month ordered X shut down in Brazil after Musk refused to remove dozens of right-wing accounts and then failed to name a new legal representative in the country as ordered.
An advertisement by Valor media features a picture of Elon Musk at a shopping center in Brazil’s capital Brasilia on Sept. 2, 2024. AP PHOTOMoraes has repeatedly clashed with the South African-born billionaire after making it his mission to crack down on disinformation.He also froze the assets of X and Starlink, which has been operating in Brazil since 2022 — especially in remote communities in the Amazon — to ensure payment of fines imposed on X for its failure to follow court orders.
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