Brazilian
fan
account
owners
might
have
a
reason
to
rejoice,
as
X
could
be
returning
to
Brazil.
According
to
the
New
York
Times,
in
a
court
filing
Friday
night
the
company
agreed
to
abide
by
the
Supreme
Court’s
request
in
order
to
have
the
countrywide
ban
lifted:
Now,
X’s
lawyers
said
the
company
had
done
exactly
what
Mr.
Musk
vowed
not
to:
take
down
accounts
that
a
Brazilian
justice
ordered
removed
because
the
judge
said
they
threatened
Brazil’s
democracy.
X
also
complied
with
the
justice’s
other
demands,
including
paying
fines
and
naming
a
new
formal
representative
in
the
country,
the
lawyers
said.
The
company
has
spent
the
last
three
weeks
fighting
the
ban
and
continuing
to
distribute
content
from
members
of
the
far
right
community
in
Brazil.
This
led
to
X
being
blocked
by
Brazilian
ISPs,
and
eventually
trying
to
get
around
the
blocks
with
some
help
from
Cloudflare.
But
earlier
this
week
things
appeared
to
shift.
As
the
New
York
Times
notes,
it
began
when
X
engaged
with
new
lawyers
in
Brazil
on
Thursday.
Then
came
the
filing
Friday.
The
Brazilian
Supreme
Court
confirmed
X’s
interest
in
returning
to
the
country
according
to
a
filing
Saturday
and
has
given
the
company
five
days
to
comply
with
the
court
order.
This
is
all
at
odds
with
how
vocal
X
owner
Elon
Musk
has
been
about
defending
“free
speech”
in
the
country.
Yet
now
that
X
has
agreed,
in
court
filings,
to
abide
by
the
ruling
it
will
have
five
days
to
comply.
This
story
is
developing...
(Originally posted by Alex Cranz)
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