Elon Musk’s X paid pending fines to wrong bank, Brazil says [Video]

SAO PAULO –

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

Earlier in the day, Elon Musk-owned X filed a fresh request to have its services restored in the country, saying it had paid all pending fines.

In Friday’s decision, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes requested the payment to be transferred to the right bank.

He also determined that once fines are sorted out, Brazil’s prosecutor general give his opinion on the recent requests made by X’s legal team in Brazil, which has been seeking to have the platform restored in the country.

X has been suspended since late August in Brazil, one of its largest and most coveted markets, after not complying with court orders related to hate speech moderation and failing …