Brazil lifts bank account freeze on Musk's companies after $3 million fine

Zoom in: Moraes has not withdrawn his decision to block access to X because the company has failed to appoint legal representation in the country as ordered by the judge, per Reuters.

• Representatives for X did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.

Catch up quick: X was banned in Brazil in late August for failing to appoint a legal representative in the country by a court-imposed deadline. Moraes had warned Musk he would suspend X nationwide if the company didn't comply with the order.

• A Brazilian Supreme Court panel upheld that ruling earlier this month.
• The judge also issued an order freezing Starlink's finances in Brazil and preventing Musk's internet satellite business from conducting financial transactions in the country.

• Months earlier, the judge had announced he was investigating Musk for obstruction of justice after the billionaire vowed to defy a court order blocking certain accounts on his platform as officials cracked down on misinformation spread on social media.

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