Brazil lifts ban on Elon Musk’s X after platform paid millions in fines to settle row [Video]

THE SUPREME COURT in Brazil has said it will lift a ban on Elon Musk’s social network X, which was blocked in its biggest Latin American market for over a month amid a row over disinformation.

Judge Alexandre de Moraes blocked the social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, in August after Musk refused to remove dozens of right-wing accounts accused of spreading disinformation.

The pair had been engaged in a standoff for months over the issue, while Musk also failed to name a new legal representative in the country as ordered.

Moraes accused the platform of undermining democracy by allowing disinformation to flourish – a position backed by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who declared that the state would not “be intimidated by individuals, companies or digital platforms that believe themselves to be above the law.”

A furious Musk lashed out at Moraes by calling him an …