Brazil bans X: all the latest news

A Brazilian judge has officially banned X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, bringing the monthslong conflict between Elon Musk and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to a head. On August 30th, Justice de Moraes handed down the order and notified the country's communications agency to limit access to the platform within 24 hours.

The Brazilian justice, who has led the country's efforts against misinformation, opened an investigation into X in April after Musk said he reactivated accounts the platform was ordered to block.

Musk later closed X's offices in Brazil over claims de Moraes threatened to arrest the company's local legal representative if the platform didn't follow "censorship orders." Despite Justice de Moraes warning that Brazil would ban X if it didn't appoint a new legal representative, Musk still hasn't complied, leading to the platform's suspension.

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X is currently banned in Brazil following an order from a Supreme Court justice, and Brazilian users seem to be turning to Bluesky, an alternate social network, in droves.

"Brazil, you're setting new all-time-highs for activity on Bluesky!" the official Bluesky account says in a post.

A judge in Brazil has ordered the suspension of X after owner Elon Musk failed to designate a new legal representative for the country, according to reports from Bloomberg and local news outlet Poder360.