Brazilians welcome X back after social media site complies with court demands | ABS-CBN News

Brazil's Supreme Court cleared X to resume service in the country on Tuesday (October 8), after the social media platform reversed course and started complying with court rulings billionaire owner Elon Musk had previously vowed to resist. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who had been locked in a months-long feud with Musk, gave X the green light to resume operations in Latin America's largest country effective immediately. Brazilians were happy to log back into X on Wednesday morning (October 9). Some criticized Moraes' targeting of X, while others supported the court's power to enforce Brazilian law. The platform formerly called Twitter had been suspended in Brazil, one of its largest and most-coveted markets, since late August after not complying with court orders related to hate speech moderation and failing to name a legal representative in the country, as required by law. Luiz Augusto D’Urso, a lawyer specialized in cybercrime, said the legal battle had highlighted the question of when the courts should ban social media platforms from operating. "The question is: when is the ideal time? You have coercive measures that are punishments for a company that does not comply with court decisions that are becoming increasingly more rigorous," he said. (Production: Lais Morais, Nina Lopez) For more ABS-CBN News videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmgUHWUpi2ioSp4xAP1SmAaf For more Breaking News & Live Coverage videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmgG2ln-vtKXb-oLlGEZc3sR For more latest news and analysis from ABS-CBN News videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmg4pcvfM9a96rbUcLD_0P_U For more News Digital News Raw Cuts, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmivfD9aJD-8k0SNcMqG2xdA Subscribe to the ABS-CBN News channel! - http://bit.ly/TheABSCBNNews Watch full episodes on iWantTFC for FREE here: http://iwanttfc.com Visit our website at http://news.abs-cbn.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS Twitter: https://twitter.com/abscbnnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abscbnnews #X #LatestNews #ABSCBNNews