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Brazil fines X $1.4m for failing to share YouTuber’s data

Brazil’s Supreme Court fined X, formerly Twitter, 8.1 million reais (US$1.4 million) for not providing registration data on a conservative YouTuber accused of threatening justices.

X previously argued it does not collect registration data.

The platform was earlier fined 50.000 reais (US$8.768) per day for failing to block the YouTuber’s account and payment transfers.

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