Users of Elon Musk’s X in Brazil who skirt a ban of the platform risk daily fines surpassing the average annual wage in Latin America’s largest economy.
X, formerly Twitter, was shut down this weekend after the company refused to comply with demands to name a new legal representative in Brazil, home to an estimated 40 million active users. The previous representative resigned rather than face the threat of possible imprisonment for any alleged crimes the company may have committed.
