Gone quiet · last update Oct 8, 2024 / Brazil

Brazil's ban on Musk's X and his feud with Justice Alexandre de Moraes

Overview · reviewed October 24, 2026

Brazil's Supreme Court blocked Elon Musk's social media platform X nationwide for more than a month in 2024, after a feud between Musk and Justice Alexandre de Moraes over orders to suspend accounts.[1][2]

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Coverage over time

Share of tracked outlets · monthly average of weekly shares (UTC)

Apr 2024: average weekly share 2% (left under 1%, center 1%, right 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJul 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksAug 2024: average weekly share 6% (left 2%, center 3%, right 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2024: average weekly share 4% (left 1%, center 2%, right 1%), from 5 of 5 weeksOct 2024: average weekly share 3% (left 1%, center 2%, right 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJan 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksFeb 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksApr 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJul 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksAug 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksOct 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJan 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksFeb 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksApr 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJul 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksAug 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksSep 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksOct 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 2 of 2 weeks, so far

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Each bar is the share of the outlets on our Left / Center / Right rating scale that we tracked publishing that week which carried reporting on this story, split by the outlets' ratings. Over more than two years each bar is a month: the average of that month's weekly shares, so the shape stays readable. The weekly table below keeps every week. We track more outlets now than in the archive, so a share keeps earlier and later weeks comparable. An outlet counts once a week however much it published, and outlets in one ownership or syndication group count as one on each side they appear on. A rating describes the outlet, not the report. A gap means no such reports were collected that week, not that nothing was reported anywhere. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC, so a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. 6 more outlets off the scale (not rated, or outside the left-right graphs) also reported; they are not in this chart. See them.

Weekly counts, outlets and reports (6 weeks with coverage)
Outlets on the rating scale that carried this story each week, of the outlets tracked that week, newest first
Week of (UTC)LeftCenterRightOf trackedShareReceipts
Oct 7, 2024715527 of 20513%
Sep 16, 20241203 of 2091%
Sep 2, 20241120940 of 21219%
Aug 26, 20241320942 of 20421%
Aug 12, 20243339 of 2174%
Apr 8, 202446616 of 2646%

Latest coverage

The newest reporting in this story's record.

  1. Oct 7, 2024 · first reported · Headline from Courthouse News Service

    Musk’s X to be reinstated in Brazil after complying with Supreme Court demands

Background

Musk clashed with Moraes from April 2024 over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation on X.[3] In August, X said it would close its operations in Brazil, claiming that Moraes had threatened to arrest its legal representative there if it did not comply with his orders.[4] After Musk refused to name a legal representative in the country, Moraes ordered X suspended nationwide,[1] and a panel of the court unanimously upheld the order.[5]

The ban lasted more than a month. Musk said Brazil had also frozen the assets of his satellite internet company, Starlink, which then said it would comply with the order to block X.[6] Bluesky said it had added two million users in Brazil in a week,[7] and the court imposed daily fines on X and Starlink for allegedly evading the ban.[8] Brazil lifted the ban in October after Musk complied with all of the court's demands.[2] Musk's ownership of X is followed in a separate arc.

Supporting stories (8)
  1. A Brazilian Supreme Court judge blocks X in Brazil, in a dispute with Elon Musk
  2. Elon Musk's X is back in Brazil after its suspension, having complied with all judicial demands
  3. Musk feuds with Brazilian top judge over X – DW
  4. X shuts Brazil operations over 'censorship' orders: Musk – DW
  5. Brazil Supreme Court panel unanimously upholds judge’s decision to block X nationwide
  6. Musk's Starlink backtracks and says it will comply with judge's order to block X in Brazil
  7. Social media platform Bluesky attracts millions in Brazil after judge bans Musk's X
  8. Elon Musk's X and Starlink face nearly $1 million in daily fines for alleged ban evasion in Brazil

The full record

Each date is when an update was first reported.

All 10 recorded updates

August 2024

  1. Is Brazil’s ban of social media platform X legal or political?Headline from Al Jazeera · 5 outlets
  2. Brazil Supreme Court panel unanimously upholds judge’s decision to block X nationwideHeadline from Portland Press Herald · 29 outlets
  3. With Musk's X banned in Brazil, its users carve out new digital homesHeadline from Triblive · 25 outlets
  4. A Brazilian Supreme Court judge blocks X in Brazil, in a dispute with Elon MuskHeadline from Wyoming Public Media · 38 outlets
  5. X shuts Brazil operations over 'censorship' orders: Musk – DWHeadline from Deutsche Welle · 13 outlets

April 2024

  1. Musk feuds with Brazilian top judge over X – DWHeadline from Deutsche Welle · 18 outlets

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