Luciana Magalhaes

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court found on Friday that lawyers representing social media platform X had failed to pay pending fines to the right bank, postponing a decision on whether to allow the technology company to resume services in Brazil.

Earlier in the day, Elon Musk-owned Company X filed a fresh application to restore services in the country, saying it had paid all pending fines.

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

He also agreed that once the issue of penalties is resolved, the Brazilian Attorney General will issue his opinion on the recent applications filed by X’s legal team in Brazil, which sought the restoration of the platform in that country.

X was suspended in behind schedule August in Brazil, one of Brazil’s largest and most sought-after markets, after failing to comply with court orders to moderate hate speech and fail to appoint legal representation in the country, as required by law.

After changing course and complying with Supreme Court orders in recent weeks, including blocking some accounts under investigation, the company asked the court on September 26 to allow it to resume services in Brazil.

Moraes, however, ruled that the platform still had to pay just over $5 million in pending penalties before the suspension was lifted.

According to a document seen by Reuters, X’s lawyers told the Supreme Court that the technology company had paid 28.6 million reais ($5.24 million) in fines.

($1 = 5.4597 reais)