De Moraes also initially ordered Apple And Google take the obstacles to prevent VPN usage by iOS and Android systemsand also excluded it from its virtual stores, but then suspended that order before the likelihood that X Brazil will make a statement and decide to comply “fully” with the court’s orders.

However, the suspension of the service did not happen immediately, as Anatel said, There are about 20 thousand operators in the country that are supposed to block clients’ access to all social network servers.

The sentence is part of an investigation into the spread of false information in which a South African businessman is suspected of committing crimes of obstruction of justice, criminal organization and incitement to crime.

De Moraes said he made the decision due to “failure to comply with court orders” “try to disobey the Brazilian legal system” with the intention of “creating an atmosphere of total impunity and lawlessness on earth.”

In this sense, he ordered an “immediate” suspension of activities until all court orders “are complied with” and The million dollar fines imposed on X were paid.

The problems started a few months ago, after A judge ordered a series of profiles to be removed for allegedly spreading misinformation, but Musk refused to do so.accusing the judge of acting without apparent reason.

The suspension of the social network will remain in effect until all court orders are “fulfilled” and the millions in fines imposed on X are paid.

Brazil is one of the countries in the world with the most active users 20 million.

This is not the first time that the Brazilian justice system has decided to suspend the activities of a social network. This has already happened with YouTube (2007), WhatsApp (2015 and 2016) and Telegram (2023) due to lack of cooperation in various judicial investigations.

EFE