X names Brazil legal representative amid ban in country
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Elon Musk-owned social media platform X has named a legal representative in Brazil, the firm’s lawyers said on Sept 20.
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SAO PAULO - Billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X has named a legal representative in Brazil, the company’s lawyers said on Sept 20, in a move that would address one of the demands imposed by Brazil’s top court to allow the company to operate in the country.
Mr Andre Zonaro and Mr Sergio Rosenthal, who were recently appointed as X’s lawyers in Brazil, told Reuters that colleague Rachel de Oliveira Conceicao was chosen as the company’s legal representative.
In late August, Brazil’s top court ordered mobile and internet service providers to block X in the nation, and users were cut off within hours.
The shutdown followed a months-long dispute between Mr Musk and Brazilian Justice Alexandre de Moraes over X’s non-compliance with court orders demanding the platform take action against the spread of hate speech.
Courts have previously blocked accounts implicated in probes of allegedly spreading misinformation and hate, which Mr Musk has denounced as censorship, and had also ordered X to name a local legal representative as required by Brazilian law, after the company closed its offices in Brazil in mid-August.
On Sept 19, the lawyers representing X in Brazil said the company would present a legal representative to the local Supreme Court “very soon”.
They also said the company was starting to comply with the orders on removing content, which is another demand from the top court. REUTERS
