The site did not comply with a court order to block accounts linked to disinformation.
Social media giant X has been banned in Brazil.
It's the latest development in a months-long dispute between a Supreme Court justice and tech billionaire Elon Musk over censorship and misinformation.
Brazil is not the first country to restrict access to the platform.
The ban is rekindling a debate over the role social media plays in politics, free speech and the spread of misinformation.
How should social media giants be regulated? Is censorship being used as a political tool?
Presenter:
Dareen Abughaida
Guests:
Flora Rebello Arduini – Senior advisor on technology and human rights focusing on disinformation and social media regulation
Chris Stokel-Walker: Technology and digital culture journalist who hosts a podcast called Techtonic that discusses free speech online.
Vinicius de Carvalho – Professor of Brazilian Studies at King's College London and founder of the Observatory of Democracy in Latin America
