Brazil’s top court threatens to suspend X from the country until Thursday evening By Reuters

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes on Wednesday ordered billionaire Elon Musk to appoint a legal representative for his messaging platform X in Brazil within 24 hours or face having the site suspended in country, a court decision showed.

Earlier this month, X announced that it would shut down its operations and lay off staff in Brazil due to what it called a “censorship order” from Moraes, while adding that the company’s service would remain available to users in Brazil .

The Supreme Court posted a screenshot of Wednesday’s court decision on its X account, tagging Musk and X’s accounts for global government affairs.

X did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside normal business hours.

In the decision, Moraes says that under the country’s law governing internet issues, companies that do not comply with Brazilian law or the privacy of private information could have their activities temporarily suspended.