Social media platform X blocked in Brazil in row over legal representative

Social media platform X blocked in Brazil in row over legal representative
Elon Musk has claimed the move to suspend X is politically motivated (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk’s social media giant X in Brazil after the tech billionaire refused to name a legal representative in the country, according to a copy of the decision seen by the Associated Press.

The move further escalates the months-long feud between the two men over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation.

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