Elon Musk's X looks to have backed down in its
battle with Brazil documents seen by Reuters show, it
has asked a judge to lift a national ban on
the social network says it has now complied with orders
to stop the spread of misinformation. If confirmed,
that would mark a climb down by Musk who has
been battling what he calls censorship. He has been
engaged in a months long feud with Supreme Court justice
Alexandre de Moraes. The judge has spearheaded a campaign
against perceived attacks on democracy and the political use of
disinformation. He shut down access to X in the
country after it resisted complying with his orders. Then
he froze Brazilian bank accounts for starlink, another of
Musk's businesses. The billionaire responded furiously calling Moraes a
dictator. X then attempted to circumvent the ban using
cloud services from third parties but soon backed down amid
the threat of heavy fines. It has since taken
a series of conciliatory steps including appointing a local representative
as demanded by the judge. A lot was at
stake for the network with Brazil its sixth largest market
. In a statement Thursday, the firm said it
respected the sovereignty of countries where it operated but would
defend free expression through due legal processes.