X platform suspended in Brazil amid Brazilian judge's feud with Musk

It is the latest development in a months-long dispute between a Supreme Court judge and tech billionaire Elon Musk over censorship and disinformation.

Elon Musk’s X started to go dark on in Brazil at the order of the top court as Latin America’s largest nation became the latest front in a global fight over the regulation of free speech on the internet.

Elon Musk owned X has been asked to shut its operations in Brazil following Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes order as X failed to appoint a legal representative in the country by the deadline.

Moraes, 55, and Musk, 53, have been embroiled in a months-long feud over free speech, far-right accounts, and misinformation - with the new ban becoming the result of the escalating tensions.