On Saturday August 31 I awoke to the usual hum of street life and traffic as São Paulo – South America’s charmingly chaotic business capital and the most populous city in the Western hemisphere – roared to life.

It started a few weeks ago, when Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered X to take down what Moraes considered misinformation and fake news on the site. Musk r

Brazil’s Supreme Court said that the social platform X, owned by Elon Musk, owes a fine of 10 million reais, which is about $1.9 million, to end its ban in the country, building off a separate $3.3 million fine previously ordered by the court,

X, previously known as Twitter, may soon be allowed to operate again in Brazil, but only if it pays an additional fine of 10 million reais (about $1.9 million). This decision comes from Brazil’s Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes,

Brazil’s Supreme Court is ordering ‘X’ to pay just over $5 million in penalties – including a new nearly $2 million fine – before the country finally lifts their ban on the platform. ‘X’ informed the Brazilian government earlier this week that they were now in compliance with the courts orders – as owner Elon Musk quietly deescalated his crusade against what he deemed censorship,