Time line:

August 17, 2024, Musk closed X’s offices in Brazil after Alexandre de Moraes (Brazilian jurist, ex-politician, former president of the Superior Electoral Court and currently minister of the Supreme Federal Court.) threatened to arrest the company’s legal representative for failing to comply with “censorship orders, which require compliance with Brazilian court directives to suspend certain accounts on his social network, X.” The following Wednesday, Brazil’s Supreme Court warned X that it would be banned if a new legal representative was not appointed within 24 hours.

August 30, 2024, Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered a block on X. This action followed X’s failure to comply with a previous court order regarding the appointment of a new legal representative. On Saturday, attempts to access the site via a web browser or the app resulted in an error message.

August 30, 2024, Brazil’s Supreme Court has declared that anyone using a VPN to access X (formerly Twitter) from within the country will face fines of up to $8,874 per day. In response, Elon Musk criticized Brazil’s leadership on X, calling it an “oppressive regime.”

Musk shared his reaction to the news after it was made public, stating, “The oppressive regime in Brazil is so afraid of the people learning the truth that they will bankrupt anyone who tries.”