Musk faces $1.9 million fine to end X ban in Brazil
Brazil's Supreme Court said that the social platform X, owned by Elon Musk, owes a fine of 10 million reais, which is about $1.9 million, to end its ban in the country, building off a separate $3.3 million fine previously ordered by the court, Reuters reported on Friday.
X has been banned in Brazil since late August after a judge ruled that the social platform did not comply with orders related to restricting hate speech and naming a local legal representative.
The payment of the $1.9 million fine would allow X to “immediately return to its activities in national territory,” according to the country's court.
The social platform told the court that it had blocked nine accounts probed for hate speech in compliance with orders to stop spreading misinformation, Reuters reported.
The judge ordered that assets from X and Starlink pay the $3.3 million fine earlier this month, and Reuters reported that X may challenge the $1.9 million fine.
Musk had labeled the orders as "censorship" and has called the judge a "dictator," Reuters reported.
The Hill contacted X for comment.
Updated at 7:57 p.m.
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