X reportedly paid its Brazil fines to the mistaken financial institution, inflicting additional delay in reinstatement case

Regardless of the corporate’s current resolution to abide by the calls for of the Brazilian Supreme Court docket, X nonetheless isn’t again on-line in Brazil — and in accordance with Reuters, that’s not less than partially as a result of it paid its fines to the mistaken financial institution. After weeks being banned in Brazil, X in late September named a legal representative for the nation as ordered, and took down accounts the court docket accused of spreading misinformation and hate speech. Its closing hurdle was to pay off the fines that it had racked up, reportedly amounting to roughly $5 million.

Citing Friday court docket filings, Reuters stories that X says it’s paid the fines and requested to have companies restored. However, Justice Alexandre de Moraes stated the funds went to the mistaken financial institution, and the choice should wait till they’ve been transferred. X maintains that it paid its fines appropriately, in accordance with Reuters. X has been banned in Brazil because the finish of August. Whereas the corporate initially resisted the court docket’s orders, it just lately modified its tune and stated it was working with the Brazilian authorities to get the platform again on-line within the nation.