The document sent to Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes comes after Musk said last week that he would challenge a decision by the magistrate ordering X, formerly known as Twitter, to block certain accounts in the South American country.
The move marks a change of stance by X’s Brazilian unit, which last week said in a document sent to Moraes that it could not control the US-based company’s willingness to comply with the Brazilian court’s orders.
“As already communicated to the federal police, X Brasil informs that all orders issued by this Supreme Court and by the Superior Electoral Court will continue to be fully complied with by X Corp,” the lawyers told Moraes in the letter seen on Monday.
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In response, Moraes opened an investigation against the billionaire for what he called obstruction of justice.
Moraes investigates the “digital militias” that have been accused of spreading false news and hate messages during the government of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. He is also leading an investigation into an alleged coup attempt by Bolsonaro.
With information from Reuters / Ricardo Brito / Spanish edition by Sofía Díaz Pineda
