Musk Lifts Restrictions on X Accounts in Brazil in Challenge to Courts
- Platform will defy court order to block social media accounts
- Brazil has been widening a clampdown on fake news, hate speech
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Billionaire Elon Musk said he will lift restrictions imposed on some X accounts in Brazil, even if the move leads to the closing of the social media platform in the country.
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, said in a post late Saturday that court decisions “forced” the site to block “certain popular accounts” in Brazil, without specifying the reasons or which posts allegedly violated the law. Shortly after, Musk wrote on the platform that he was defying the court’s ruling.