By Luciana Magalhaes
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court said on Friday that lawyers representing social media platform .
The payment of the fines, which X lawyers argued the company had paid correctly, is the only outstanding measure required by the court to allow X to resume operations in Brazil.
Since late August, as required by law.
Earlier on Friday, X, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, filed a new request to restore its services in Brazil, saying it had paid all pending fines.
In response to the request, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes requested that the payment be transferred to the Right Bank.
He also determined that once the fines are resolved, Brazil’s Attorney General will provide his opinion on the recent requests from X’s legal team in Brazil, which has been trying to reinstate the platform in the country.
Following Moraes’ decision on Friday, X’s lawyers again asked the court for permission to resume operations in Brazil. They denied that the company paid the fines into the wrong account and said they don’t see the need for the attorney general to be consulted before the lawsuit. ban is lifted.
After reversing course and following the Supreme Court’s orders in recent weeks, including blocking some accounts under investigation, the company asked the court on September 26 for permission to resume service in Brazil.
However, Moraes ruled at the time that X still had to pay just over $5 million in pending fines before the suspension was lifted.
On Friday, X’s lawyers told the Supreme Court that the company had paid 28.6 million reais ($5.24 million) in fines, according to a document seen by Reuters.
($1 = 5.4597 reais)
