Brazil's Supreme Court has imposed daily fines of $5 million reais (about $920,000) on Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) and Starlink for alleged attempts to circumvent a nationwide suspension. The court found that X used dynamic internet protocol addresses to allow Brazilian users to access the platform despite the ban.
Elon Musk 's X and Starlink face daily fines of $5 million reals for alleged ban evasion maneuvers by X in Brazil .
The suspension of X in Brazil was initially ordered by the country's chief justice, Alexandre de Moraes, at the end of August, with orders upheld by a panel of justices in early September. The court found that under Musk, X had violated Brazilian law, which requires social media companies to employ a legal representative in the country and to remove hate speech and other content deemed harmful to democratic institutions.
Brazil previously withdrew money for fines it levied against X from the accounts of X and Starlink at financial institutions in the country. The new fines will begin as of Sept. 19, with the court calculating a total based on"the number of days of non-compliance" with its earlier orders to suspend X nationwide.
While Musk presents himself as a free speech absolutist, X has acquiesced to requests to remove profiles and posts in countries including India, Turkey and Hungary.
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