¿Elon Musk lost in BrazilA judge issued an order for the South African businessman pay a huge sum to the Brazilian governmentafter the blocking of X.
According to the magistrate Alexander de Moraesof the Supreme Court of Brazil, the payment corresponds to various fines committed by platform X, which remains banned in that country.
The judge determined that the fine against Elon Musk and its companies amounts to 18.3 million reaisnearly 3.3 million dollarsapproximately.
Brazilian judge orders Elon Musk to pay several million dollars after X blocking
On August 30, the judge himself Alexander de Moraes sentence that Elon Musk must transfer to the state accounts a total of $3.3 million in fines.
The magistrate indicated that said transfer will be taken from X’s blocked accounts in the country, as well as those that correspond to the satellite internet company Starlink.
Alexander de Moraes He indicated that the reason for the fine is that Elon Musk promoted the spread of fake news through social networks, and with the help of its own internet network.
However, the reaction was not long in coming, as through a statement Starlink launched against the Brazilian justice system, accusing that its accounts were frozen illegally.
And although both companies belong to Elon Musk, the internet company indicated that These are two different entitiessince each one operates differently.
Despite this claim, the bank accounts are under the control of the authorities, so it is speculated that they could take the funds directly to cover the guaranteed payment of the fine.
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Brazil orders X app to be blocked across its territory
Last Friday, August 20, Judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered to suspend the app from the social network X, belonging to the magnate Elon Musk.
This is because Elon Musk refused to appoint a legal representative for X in that nation, since an instruction had been given for this to be covered before the aforementioned date.
By not complying with this requirement, the suspension of this social media platform was ordered, which now in addition to paying the fine is forced to appoint a legal representative.
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2024-09-14 10:52:21