Elon Musk fought the law. The law appears to have won.

X, Musk’s social media platform, has backed down in its fight with the Brazilian judiciary, after complying with court orders that had blocked users in the country from accessing X.

The platform bowed to one of the key demands made by Brazil’s supreme court by appointing a legal representative in the country. It also paid outstanding fines and took down user accounts that the court had ordered to be removed on the basis that they threatened the country’s democracy, the New York Times reported.

However, the battle is not quite over. The supreme court said X had not filed the proper documentation showing that it had appointed Rachel de Oliveira Conceicao as its Brazilian representative. It gave the company five days to present documents validating her appointment.

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    9 hours ago

    Maybe he doesn’t have to deal with all the menial stuff, but this still ultimately affect him.

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      3 hours ago

      The guy’s about to be the world’s first trillionaire, from what I hear. I don’t think he really cares.

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        3 hours ago

        If he doesn’t care, he wouldn’t have this fight.