Social media platform X, owned by Elon Musk has appointed a legal representative in Brazilthe firm’s lawyers said Friday. The move would meet one of the requirements imposed by Brazil’s highest court to allow the company to operate in the country.
André Zonaro and Sergio Rosenthalwho were recently appointed as X’s lawyers in Brazil, said Reuters than his colleague Rachel de Oliveira Conceicao She was chosen as the firm’s legal representative.
In late August, Brazil’s highest court ruled against mobile and internet service providers that they would block X in the countryand users were disconnected within hours.
The shutdown follows a months-long dispute between Musk and Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes over X’s failure to comply with court orders requiring the platform to take action against the spread of hate speech.
Courts have already blocked accounts involved in investigations for allegedly spreading misinformation and hate, which Musk has denounced as censorship, and also ordered X to appoint a local legal representative, as required by Brazilian law, after the company closed its offices in Brazil in mid-August.
On Thursday, lawyers representing X in Brazil said the firm would “very soon” present a legal representative to the local Supreme Court.
They also said the company was starting to comply with content removal orderswhich is another prosecution before the High Court.
