Elon Musk's X has paid millions of dollars in fines in Brazil to settle a row with a judge who banned the platform in its biggest Latin American market over disinformation.

Elon Musk’s platform X, banned by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes over disinformation charges, mistakenly transferred $5.2 million in fines to the wrong account. Justice Moraes instructed the redirection of these funds.

X says it has paid all the fines it incurred in Brazil, where the platform was blocked by a judge in a high-profile showdown with Elon Musk over disinformation.

Following the shutdown of the online news and social networking site X in Brazil, tech billionaire Elon Musk's company has once again applied for the ban to be lifted. The platform has paid all outstanding fines totalling around 28.

Elon Musk’s X, previously known as Twitter, mistakenly paid millions in fines to the wrong account in Brazil, causing delays in service restoration.

By Luciana Magalhaes SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Elon Musk-owned social media platform X has filed a fresh request to resume services in Brazil after paying some pending fines that had been imposed by the country's Supreme Court,

X, formerly known as Twitter, has yet to be restored in Brazil because the company sent its $5.24 million fine to the wrong financial institution. Brazil’s Supreme Court made the revelation on Friday and will delay its decision on whether to restore X in the country.

The payment was made to settle a dispute with a Brazilian judge who banned the platform in August Elon Musk’s X has paid millions of dollars in fines in Brazil to settle a row with a judge who banned the platform in its biggest Latin American market over disinformation.

Elon Musk's ongoing clash with Brazil's Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes has taken an ironic turn, as Musk’s company mistakenly sent a $5.2 million fine to the wrong bank account. Despite paying the full amount for failing to comply with court orders,