Brazil’s Supreme Court lifts ban on social media site X [Video]

Brazil’s Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it was lifting a ban on X, after the social media site owned by billionaire Elon Musk had been blocked in its biggest Latin American market for over a month amid a row over disinformation.

“I authorize the immediate return of the activities” of the social platform, Judge Alexandre de Moraes said in his ruling, after X settled millions of dollars in fines for breaching court orders relating to the fight against misinformation.

In late August, Moraes ordered that X be suspended after Musk refused to name a legal representative in Brazil.

Moraes and Musk had been feuding for months over allegations X engaged in obstruction, criminal organization and incitement, namely over allegations that X was supporting a network of people known as digital militias who allegedly spread defamatory fake news and threats against Supreme Court justices. 

The row, which pitted freedom of expression against corporate responsibility, was closely watched worldwide. A furious Musk lashed out at Moraes by …