Brazil is punishing the X app for not following directives issued by government authorities regarding the platform’s ban.
Yesterday, the tech giant evaded the ban and continued to offer its services by making use of Cloudflare. But that did not go unnoticed by authorities who have decided to impose steep daily fines for not following directives.
The news was confirmed by the country’s Supreme Court which had previously warned both the app and local users of the punishment, in case rules weren’t followed. This also stands true for anyone using private VPNs to bypass the ban.
So far, the fine imposed has hit the $5 million mark which is an estimated $920K per day. The court mentioned how it would similarly continue to roll out a joint liability on Musk’s Starlink which is under the ownership of SpaceX.
The suspension was first launched by the country’s leading judge towards the end of August.
Orders were upheld by an esteemed panel of judges during the start of September. This is when the court found Musk violated Brazil’s law which needs social media firms to roll out legal reps and remove hate speech. This includes other content deemed harmful to democratic institutions.
The court found that the X app failed in terms of account suspension of controversial profiles including those doxxing federal authorities. As a result of this, X thought the best way to go about the situation was to shift to Cloudflare servers.
Now, the company is reaping the consequences of its actions and forced to pay steep fines that continue to rise. As mentioned by Brazil in the past, the country withdrew fines levied against the platform from places like X and Starlink. The latest fines came into play starting yesterday.
All days where non-compliant behavior was seen would be counted in the total and early orders to suspend the app nationwide were similarly issued. Musk considers himself a strong advocate for free speech and that is one of the many reasons why he’s gotten into trouble with several nations.
This includes India, Turkey, Pakistan, Hungary, and now Brazil but it has also been forced to bow down to governments and the same might be the case here to have certain accounts removed from the platform.
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Yesterday, the tech giant evaded the ban and continued to offer its services by making use of Cloudflare. But that did not go unnoticed by authorities who have decided to impose steep daily fines for not following directives.
The news was confirmed by the country’s Supreme Court which had previously warned both the app and local users of the punishment, in case rules weren’t followed. This also stands true for anyone using private VPNs to bypass the ban.
So far, the fine imposed has hit the $5 million mark which is an estimated $920K per day. The court mentioned how it would similarly continue to roll out a joint liability on Musk’s Starlink which is under the ownership of SpaceX.
The suspension was first launched by the country’s leading judge towards the end of August.
Orders were upheld by an esteemed panel of judges during the start of September. This is when the court found Musk violated Brazil’s law which needs social media firms to roll out legal reps and remove hate speech. This includes other content deemed harmful to democratic institutions.
The court found that the X app failed in terms of account suspension of controversial profiles including those doxxing federal authorities. As a result of this, X thought the best way to go about the situation was to shift to Cloudflare servers.
Now, the company is reaping the consequences of its actions and forced to pay steep fines that continue to rise. As mentioned by Brazil in the past, the country withdrew fines levied against the platform from places like X and Starlink. The latest fines came into play starting yesterday.
All days where non-compliant behavior was seen would be counted in the total and early orders to suspend the app nationwide were similarly issued. Musk considers himself a strong advocate for free speech and that is one of the many reasons why he’s gotten into trouble with several nations.
This includes India, Turkey, Pakistan, Hungary, and now Brazil but it has also been forced to bow down to governments and the same might be the case here to have certain accounts removed from the platform.
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