Brazil judge says he will lift ban on Elon Musk’s X social media platform if 1.6m fine is paid [Video]

A BRAZILIAN JUDGE locked in a legal row with X owner Elon Musk said yesterday he would reinstate the social network in Brazil if a fine of around $1.8 million (€1.65m) was paid.

Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes last month ordered X to be shut down in Brazil, after Musk refused to remove dozens of right-wing accounts and then failed to name a new legal representative in the country as ordered.

Moraes said that for X to be reactivated it must pay a fine of 10 million reais ($1.84 million), after denying a request to lift the suspension.

He also said yesterday that the platform will be penalised for failing for two days to comply with an order to suspend the use of a server that allowed it to temporarily circumvent the nationwide ban.

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High-profile judge Moraes has …