Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), ordered this Tuesday (8) the unblocking of the social network X in Brazil. With the decision, the platform should be back up and running in the next few hours. 
The release was made after the company paid a fine of R$28.6 million to resume operations. The decision also received a favorable opinion from the Attorney General’s Office (PGR).
On August 30, Moraes took X offline after the company closed its office in Brazil and no longer had a legal representative in the country, a mandatory condition for any firm to operate.
Billionaire Elon Musk, owner of the social network, announced the closure of the company’s headquarters in Brazil after the network was fined for refusing to comply with the order to remove profiles of those investigated by the Court for publishing messages considered anti-democratic.
However, representation was reactivated in recent weeks, and lawyer Rachel Villa Nova returned to be the network’s legal representative. With the reopening of the representation and the payment of the fine, X asked the minister to return to the air.
Decision
Compliance with unlocking must be implemented by telephone operators. Moraes ordered the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) to adopt measures to notify companies.
When releasing the return of the X in Brazil, Alexandre de Moraes said that the company met the necessary requirements to return to operating in the national territory.
“I decree the end of the suspension and authorize the immediate return of the activities of X Brasil Internet LTDA in national territory and I order Anatel to adopt the necessary measures to implement the measure, communicating this Supreme Court within 24 hours”, decided the minister.
