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He Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court judge Alexandre de Moraes has decided to lift the previously imposed block on Starlink and X accounts. after receiving a transfer of R$18.35 million ($3.31 million) from accounts to the national treasury of the country.

According to a court statement on Friday, The decision to cancel was made because the amount transferred to the Brazilian treasury reached the amount that X owed the country in fines.which was introduced in the midst of a dispute between billionaire Elon Musk and Moraes.

Social network X has been blocked in the country since August 31 for refusing to remove a series of profiles who, according to the authorities, are engaged in discrediting democratic institutions with false information.

The ruling was handed down on Wednesday, but the Supreme Court only published it on Friday, a day after banks -Itau and Citibank-, where X and Starlink had their money confiscated to report that they had made a transfer to the treasury of the Brazilian state.

Once the decision is implemented, De Moraes lifted the embargo, which affected the “bank accounts and assets” of both companies. “immediately”.

These values They were previously blocked by De Moraes’ decision to fine X for “failure to remove” suspicious profiles.“in addition to the withdrawal of its legal representatives in Brazil, which led to the suspension of operations” of the platform.