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Brazil X Suspension: Brazil Supreme Court has upheld the suspension of Elon Musk's X in the country, three days after Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the ban. The decision came after all five judges in the Supreme Court were asked to consider Friday's decision to banish X from Brazil.

"It is not possible for a company to operate in the territory of a country and intend to impose its vision on which rules should be valid or applied. A party that intentionally fails to comply with court decisions appears to consider itself above the rule of law. And so it can turn into an outlaw," Justice Flavio Dino said as he joined Justice Cristiano Zanin in siding with Moraes.

Justices Carmen Lucia and Luiz Fux also backed Moraes, making the decision unanimous, reported Al Jazeera. However, some of the judges said that the suspension could be reversed if X complies with previous court rulings.

Earlier on Friday, Elon Musk criticised the move by Brazil's Supreme Court criticising Justice Alexandre de Moraes. "Alexandre de Moraes is an evil dictator cosplaying as a judge," wrote Elon Musk in a post on X account.

Moraes's original order, which was released on Friday, had called Musk an "outlaw" who intended to "allow the massive spread of disinformation, hate speech and attacks on the democratic rule of law, violating the free choice of the electorate, by keeping voters away from real and accurate information."

Supreme Court ordered all telecom providers in the country to shut down X. The ban will remain in effect until X complies with Moraes's order and pays off outstanding fines totalling over USD 3 million as of last week.

(With ANI inputs)