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In the latest round of the dispute between Elon Musk and Brazil’s top court, a senior judge has accused X of a “willful, illegal and persistent” effort to circumvent a court-ordered block – and imposed a fine of R$5m ($921,676) for each day the social network remains online.

The social media platform formerly known as Twitter, which has been banned by court order since 30 August, on Wednesday became accessible to many users in Brazil after an update that used cloud services offered by third parties, such as Cloudflare, Fastly and Edgeuno.

This allowed some Brazilian users to access X without the need for a VPN -- which is also prohibited in the country.

Late on Wednesday, X described its reappearance in Brazil as an "inadvertent and temporary service restoration to Brazilian users".

But the influential supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes -- who ordered the original ban as part of an attempt to crack down on anti-democratic, far-right voices -- on Thursday described the move as a deliberate attempt "to circumvent the court's blocking order".

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

I mean, that's a literal statement of fact.

[-] [email protected] 34 points 10 hours ago

I hope Musk listens to this. But on the off chance he doesn't I also hope the fines start doubling each and every day.

[-] [email protected] 27 points 9 hours ago

Issue a warrant for musk's arrest and request interpol to pick him up. A few days in a Brazilian prison waiting for his court appearance should make him get the point.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

and request interpol to pick him up.

Criminal activity should be reported to your local or national police. INTERPOL does not carry out investigations or arrest people; this is the responsibility of national police.
https://www.interpol.int/Contacts/Contact-INTERPOL

[-] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

I know.. the route has a few steps.

The 3rd country can reject arresting the person or not extradite him.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago
[-] [email protected] 12 points 9 hours ago

You mean musk, right?

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