Written by Luciana Magalhaes
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court said on Friday that lawyers representing social media platform
Payment of the fines, which X’s lawyers said the company had properly paid, was the only remaining action required by the court in order to allow X to operate again in Brazil.
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Earlier on Friday, X, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, filed a new request to restore its services in Brazil, saying it had paid all outstanding fines.
In response to the request, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes asked that the amount be transferred to the appropriate bank.
He also decided that once the fines were settled, the Brazilian Attorney General would give his opinion on the latest requests made by X’s legal team in Brazil, which was seeking to restore the platform in the country.
Following Moraes’ decision on Friday, X’s lawyers again asked the court for permission to resume operations in Brazil, denying that the company had paid the fines to the wrong account, and saying they saw no need to consult the public prosecutor before the trial. The ban has been lifted.
After reversing course and following Supreme Court orders in recent weeks, including banning some accounts under investigation, the company asked the court on September 26 to allow it to resume service in Brazil.
However, Moraes ruled at the time that X still needed to pay just over $5 million in outstanding fines before the suspension could be lifted.
X’s lawyers told the Supreme Court on Friday that the company had paid fines of 28.6 million riyals ($5.24 million), according to a document seen by Reuters.
($1 = 5.4597 riyals)