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musk made a major concession, brazil may lift the ban on x platform

"musk seems to have suddenly given up..." according to the new york times on the 21st local time, after ignoring the order of the brazilian supreme court for three weeks, elon musk, ceo of social media platform x (formerly twitter), finally "surrendered" and made major concessions. in a court document on the 20th local time, the company's lawyers stated that the x platform had complied with the relevant orders of the brazilian supreme court and hoped that the court would lift the ban on its x platform in brazil. the new york times said that the brazilian supreme court may lift the ban on the x platform as early as next week.

screenshot of the new york times report

the lawyers said that the company has done what musk had vowed not to do before, including banning a number of accounts that were banned by the brazilian supreme court for violating the law and spreading false political information about the election. in addition, they have appointed a legal representative in papua new guinea and have paid the relevant fines for not complying with the brazilian supreme court's order.

the brazilian supreme court confirmed the lawyer's statement in a document on the 21st, but said that the company has not yet submitted formal documents and will give x platform five days to deliver relevant documents.

musk profile picture source: us media

the new york times commented that for musk, this decision was an "unexpected move" and also meant a "failure" for the businessman who claims to be a "free speech fighter". musk had previously clearly stated that he refused to obey the brazilian supreme court's order to review the x platform's related accounts and appoint legal representatives in papua new guinea. musk also fired local employees and refused to pay fines. subsequently, the brazilian supreme court ruled to suspend the x platform's services in brazil.