The appointment by X of lawyer Raquel de Oliveira Villa Nova, this Friday (20), is just one step so that the platform can resume operations in the country.
Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), will still analyze whether the company has complied with a series of legal requirements to reopen. There is no deadline for this to happen.
The action involving millionaire Elon Musk’s platform is being carried out under judicial secrecy.
Among several points, Moraes must also analyze the following questions before deciding whether or not to authorize the return of X:
- The minister will assess whether the appointment of the company representative meets all legal requirements.
- You must also check whether the orders to block profiles and content indicated by the Court have been complied with.
- Analyze the situation of fines applied for non-compliance with previous decisions. Moraes ordered that the amount of R$5 million be paid for each day of non-compliance with the court.
Only after that, possibly next week, will it be said whether or not the social network will be unblocked. Which subsequently depends on an operation by the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel).
Retreat
The appointment of a legal representative in the country signals a , which closed the office in Brazil after Musk attacked Moraes, claiming he suffered censorship.
The dispute began when the minister ordered the suspension of accounts used to incite attacks against the STF and the Democratic Rule of Law.
Without complying with the decisions, the company accumulated more than R$18 million in fines, which were not paid spontaneously. In response, X closed its office in Brazil, leaving it without a representative. Which led to the order to suspend the system.
Resources from the platform and Starlink, a satellite internet company controlled by the billionaire, were blocked to pay off the fines.
