In the dispute over the blocking of Twitter/X in Brazil, tech billionaire Elon Musk’s company transferred a million-dollar fine – to the wrong account.
Twitter becomes X – but the web address is still twitter.com. – Jonathan Brady/PA/dpa
The most important thing in brief
- X, formerly Twitter, paid for the buses in Brazil.
- However, the payment was made to an incorrect account.
- X has been blocked in Brazil since the end of August, and Musk wants to have the blockage lifted.
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The 28.6 million reais (4.77 million euros) ended up in an account at the Federal Savings Bank and not at the Bank of Brazil.
Federal judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered that the savings bank must transfer the sum to the correct account. On August 30, Moraes ordered the shutdown of X, formerly Twitter, in Latin America’s largest country.
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The news platform had previously allowed a court-imposed deadline to appoint a legal representative to pass.
The company also refused to block the accounts of right-wing activists who spread conspiracy narratives and misinformation.
Twitter/X meets demands
After the transfer on Friday, X again applied for the ban to be lifted. The company proved on September 27 that it had appointed the legal representative for Brazil and blocked the profiles.
Twitter/X-Boss Elon Musk 
The platform paid the fines into a wrong account. 
The platform was renamed from Twitter to X just over a year ago.
Musk had accused Moraes of an attack on freedom of expression and described him as an “evil dictator”. The billionaire always presents himself as a defender of free speech. Twitter/X has been blocked since the end of August and Musk wants to have the block lifted.
The federal judge had already initiated an investigation against Musk himself in April for obstruction of justice and incitement to crime.
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