Brazil Fines X $921K Daily for Non-Compliance

Elon Musk's social media platform X has faced significant legal challenges in Brazil, culminating in a ban by the Supreme Court for failing to appoint a local representative and comply with content removal orders. Despite this, X briefly became accessible again due to changes in network providers, which the company claims were inadvertent. Justice Alexandre de Moraes has imposed a daily fine of approximately $921,000 on X for non-compliance and has threatened additional penalties for any further attempts to bypass the ban using dynamic IP addresses and Cloudflare's servers. The conflict centers around issues of free speech, misinformation, and judicial authority, with Musk criticizing the court's actions as censorship.