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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian court orders suspension of Elon Musk’s X after it missed deadline

Elon Musk and Alexandre de Moraes
In April, the supreme court judge Alexandre de Moraes (right) ordered the suspension of dozens of accounts for allegedly spreading disinformation – a request that Elon Musk (left) denounced as censorship. Photograph: Etienne Laurentevaristo Sa/AFP/Getty Images

The Brazilian supreme court has ordered that X be suspended in the country after the social media platform failed to meet a deadline to appoint a legal representative in the country.

Late on Friday afternoon, Justice Alexandre de Moraes – who has been engaged in a dispute with X’s owner, Elon Musk, since April – ordered the “immediate, complete and total suspension of X’s operations” in the country, “until all court orders … are complied with, fines are duly paid, and a new legal representative for the company is appointed in the country”.

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