Brasil's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Elon Musk's X can return online in the country, ending a months-long battle between the social media platform and Brazilian officials. In exchange for this, addressing the very reasons X was banned in the first place, Musk agreed to remove some user accounts and nominate a legal representative in Brazil, per Bloomberg, which had reported the story first.
For five weeks, Brazilian courts have asked internet service providers to block users in the country from accessing X, which refused to comply with court orders to remove certain accounts. Moreover, X did not have a legal representative in the country to meet the demands of the court. Musk accused Brazil's Supreme Court of censorship and has strongly disagreed with this on an international level, though he eventually buckled to the pressures exerted by the court and complied.
For a brief window in September, X went back online after the social media platform shifted to cloud service providers Cloudflare. X dodged a ban by "coincidence," Cloudflare's CEO said, coincidentally costing Musk nearly $2 million.