Lawyers representing X in Brazil presented a defense to the Supreme Court, acknowledging “operational faults” that allowed users subject to blocking orders to remain active on the platform.
This response came following a request from Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, questioning X’s compliance with previous court rulings.
X’s legal team submitted a 20-page document, admitting that users had managed to evade restrictions by creating new accounts. However, they asserted that X had not reactivated any of these accounts despite their continued activity.
A report by Brazil’s federal police revealed that accounts previously ordered to be blocked by top courts remained active on X, with some even gaining new followers and live-streaming videos.
X clarified that the report identified only six out of over 200 accounts that had been subject to blocking orders since 2022.
The company attributed the persistence of these users to “operational faults” and “systemic vulnerabilities” within the platform, which they claimed were exploited to circumvent restrictions. One tactic involved users adding links to external sites in their profile bios for streaming videos.
X acknowledged the existence of these issues as “unusual” and stated that they had been promptly addressed once detected.
Meanwhile, Justice Moraes initiated an inquiry into Elon Musk following his statement about reactivating blocked accounts amidst investigations into digital misinformation and alleged coup attempts in Brazil.
