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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Brazil lifts ban on X after Elon Musk complies with court demands

the X app on a smartphone
Elon Musk paid 28.6m reais (£3.9m) in fines and named a Brazilian lawyer as X’s local representative. Photograph: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images

Brazilians are set to regain access to X after a supreme court judge lifted a ban introduced nearly six weeks ago as a result of Elon Musk’s failure to comply with the South American country’s laws.

X was blocked in Brazil, where it had more than 22 million users, at the end of August in what was the culmination of a months-long arm wrestle between the network’s billionaire owner and the Brazilian supreme court.

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