X and Starlink face daily fines of $5 million reals (about $920,000) for alleged ban evasion maneuvers by X in Brazil.

Brazil has fined Elon Musk's companies after some users in the country were able to briefly access the social media platform X, despite a ban imposed last month. Brazilian users swarmed the site on Wednesday after X updated how its servers within the country were accessed.

On Wednesday, a number of Brazilian X users unexpectedly regained access to their accounts, despite a recent ban imposed on the social media platform by the nation's highest court. A court ruling on Thursday from Brazil's Supreme Court ordered X,