Brazil rules X must pay pending fines to resume service

Earlier this week, the Elon Musk-owned social platform told the court it had complied with orders to stop the spread of misinformation and asked it to lift a ban on the platform.

Judge Alexandre de Moraes responded with a ruling that X and its legal representative in Brazil must still agree to pay a total of 18.3 million reais ($A4.9 million) in pending fines that were previously ordered by the court.

The judge also demanded a 10 million reais  ($A2.6 million) fine related to a brief period of time last week when X became available again for some users in Brazil.

X has been suspended since late August in Brazil, one of its largest and most coveted markets, after not complying with court orders related to restricting hate speech and failing to name a local legal representative, as required by Brazilian law.