Inside Brazil's X Ban: How Elon Musk Started–and lost–a Fight With Brazil's Judiciary

Brazilians woke up on August 31 in a country without X, after the Supreme Court ordered the national telecommunications agency to block the social media platform.

This move culminated over a year of X’s refusal to follow telecommunications laws, particularly those requiring deplatforming of suspects in internet crime investigations.

In a single day , X lost 22 million users, while alternative platform Blue Sky gained 2 million new Brazilian users in just three days .

Bolsonaros began crafting their own “stop the steal” narrative, drawing allies from the international far-right.

Bolsonaro lost and fled the country before his term ended, leaving the presidency to his Vice President, General Hamilton Mourão .

Two months after the capitol riots, a series of school massacres terrorized the nation.

Investigators uncovered dozens of neo-Nazi cells targeting children on social media, attempting to incite them to commit school massacres.

Brazil ’s constitution says no fundamental right can be used to deny another.

The Supreme Court ruled that the right to free speech cannot be used in the case of the digital militia investigation.

Musk fired 40 workers and closed X 's offices in Brazil , leaving behind debts and criminal charges but pledging to keep it operational.