Brazil's top court rules to reinstate X

A justice on Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that X, formerly Twitter, can be restored in the country after it was shut down on Aug. 30 for not complying with Brazil's laws about its content and its moderation.

Justice Alexandre de Moraes and X head Elon Musk have been feuding for months over the platform's compliance with Brazilian law.

X shut down its Brazilian office in August after it was ordered to remove posts from the site, initially refusing to do so.

De Moraes fined X $3,650 per day for its defiance and threatened to arrest its representative in Brazil, Rachel de Oliveira Villa Nova Conceição.

Musk eventually paid the fines after at first calling the actions "censorship" and de Moraes an “evil dictator cosplaying as a judge.”

“The resumption of (X)’s activities on national territory was conditioned, solely, on full compliance with Brazilian laws and absolute observance of the Judiciary’s decisions, out of respect for national sovereignty,” de Moraes said in the court document, translated by The Associated Press.

Between 20 and 40 million Brazilians have X accounts, one of the largest markets for X worldwide.