Musks X platform takes first step toward lifting Brazil ban [Video]

Social media platform X has named a legal representative in Brazil — a first step toward being able to resume service in the country — but its suspension will continue until it meets further requirements, a judge has ruled.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said in a decision published Saturday that X had still “not duly met” all requirements for ending the ban, and he gave it five days to file additional documents.

The high-profile judge has been engaged in a long feud with X’s owner, billionaire Elon Musk, as part of his drive to crack down on disinformation in Brazil.

His suspension of X last month came after Musk refused to remove dozens of right-wing accounts accused of spreading fake news, and then failed to name a new legal representative in the country as ordered.

The clash between the Brazilian court and the iconoclastic billionaire has morphed …