Brazil judge gives X five days to explain alleged non-compliance with court ruling
X until Friday to explain why it allegedly did not fully comply with earlier rulings ordering the Elon Musk-owned company to block certain accounts.
The decision is part of an inquiry opened earlier this month by Justice Alexandre de Moraes into Musk, after the billionaire said he would reactivate accounts on X that the judge had ordered blocked.
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Moraes, whose decisions regarding X Musk called «unconstitutional,» set the five-day deadline in a public decision on Saturday, though the count began on Monday.
A report by Brazil's federal police seen by Reuters on Friday showed accounts on X that local courts had ordered blocked were still active on the platform by early April, contradicting a previous statement by the company.
These accounts were still able to get new local followers and to publicize links for live streaming videos, according to the report.
«Representatives for social network 'X' (formerly known as Twitter) are requested to comment on the non-compliances highlighted in the report presented by the police,» Moraes wrote in the decision.
Moraes is investigating «digital militias» that have been accused of spreading fake news and hate messages during the
