BRASILIA (Reuters) – Elon Musk-owned social media platform have been imposed to allow the company to operate in the country.
Andre Zonaro and Sergio Rosenthal, recently appointed as X’s lawyers in Brazil, told Reuters that colleague Rachel de Oliveira Conceicao had been chosen as the firm’s legal representative and that they had submitted her name to the Supreme Court.
Brazilian law requires foreign companies to appoint a legal representative to operate in the country. The representative would assume legal responsibilities for the company locally.
X had a legal representative in Brazil until mid-August, when it decided to close its offices in the country.
In late August, Brazil’s highest court ordered mobile and internet providers to block X in the country, and users were cut off within hours after X failed to name a new legal representative.
The move followed a months-long dispute between Musk and Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes over the company’s non-compliance with court orders requiring the platform to take action against the spread of hate speech.
Courts have previously blocked accounts involved in investigations into spreading disinformation and hate, which Musk has labeled censorship.
On Thursday, lawyers representing X in Brazil said the company had begun complying with orders on content removal, another top court demand.
