Brazil's top court orders Elon Musk's X to pay fine

Failure to comply triggered a daily fine of 100,000 reais and exposed the local legal representative of the social media giant to criminal liability.

The ruling from Justice Alexandre de Moraes made public on Thursday cites X's non-compliance with the order to provide the user's data, and demands it immediately pay the fine.

X's legal representatives in Brazil declined to comment.

In 2024, X was temporarily suspended in Latin America's largest economy for more than a month when it did not comply with court orders related to hate speech moderation in addition to failing to name a legal representative in the country as required by law.