The payment was made to settle a dispute with a Brazilian judge who banned the platform in August Elon Musk's X has paid millions of dollars in fines in Brazil to settle a row with a judge who banned the platform in its biggest Latin American market over disinformation.

Following the shutdown of the online news and social networking site X in Brazil, tech billionaire Elon Musk's company has once again applied for the ban to be lifted. The platform has paid all outstanding fines totalling around 28.

But the platform transferred the money into the wrong account, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who ordered the shutdown of X in August, said Friday. X, formerly known as Twitter, racked up $8.

The capitulation by Musk was met by relief by many in Brazil. The decision to suspend X was seen by many here as extreme. But in a country deeply protective of its sovereignty and sensitive to foreign meddling, many also felt Musk had gone too far in attacking Brazil’s highest court.

Elon Musk’s platform X, banned by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes over disinformation charges, mistakenly transferred $5.2 million in fines to the wrong account. Justice Moraes instructed the redirection of these funds.

Brazil's Supreme Court said on Friday that lawyers representing social media platform X did not pay pending fines to the proper bank, postponing its decision on whether to allow the tech firm to resume services in Brazil.

Elon Musk's ongoing clash with Brazil's Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes has taken an ironic turn, as Musk’s company mistakenly sent a $5.2 million fine to the wrong bank account. Despite paying the full amount for failing to comply with court orders,

By Luciana Magalhaes SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Elon Musk-owned social media platform X has filed a fresh request to resume services in Brazil after paying some pending fines that had been imposed by the country's Supreme Court,