A
judge
banned
the
use
of
Elon
Musk’s
social-media
platform
X
in
Brazil,
according
to
media
reports,
the
culmination
of
a
months-long
battle
over
allegations
the
platform
was
used
to
spread
disinformation
and
Musk’s
free-speech
retort.
X
had
ignored
an
order
to
remove
some
accounts.
So,
on
Friday,
Brazilian
Supreme
Court
Justice
Alexandre
de
Moraes
ruled
that
internet
service
providers
must
block
X
in
the
country
of
about
215
million
people,
according
to
the
New
York
Times.
Local
media
reported
that
anyone
who
uses
a
VPN
to
circumvent
the
ban
could
be
subject
to
a
fine
amounting
to
50,000
reais
($8,900),
according
to
the
BBC.
For
cryptocurrencies,
the
decision
cuts
Brazilian
users
off
from
a
platform
that
has
for
years
served
as
the
industry’s
town
square.
Crypto-supporter
Jack
Dorsey,
who
co-founded
X
when
it
was
called
Twitter,
has
supported
two
alternative
platforms:
Nostr
and
Bluesky,
though
he’s
distanced
himself
from
the
latter.