Brazil Supreme Court orders Rumble suspension in the country (updated)

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21/02/2025 22:06

(Recasts with Supreme Court decision)
    By Ricardo Brito
       BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - 
    The Brazilian Supreme Court ordered on Friday the suspension
of U.S. video-sharing platform Rumble  RUM.O  in the country,
citing its failure to comply with court orders, in a similar
path to the one faced by Elon Musk's X last year.
        Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the suspension will
last until the platform names a legal representative for Brazil
and complies with other court orders including the payment of
pending fines, a court decision showed.
  
        Rumble did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.
  
    In a February 19 decision, which was made public on
Thursday, Moraes had ordered Rumble to appoint legal
representation within 48 hours under risk of immediate
suspension.
    

 (Reporting by Ricardo Brito, Maria Carolina Marcello and
Lisandra Paraguassu in Brasilia and Andre Romani in Sao Paulo;
additional reporting by Isabel Teles in Sao Paulo; editing by
David Evans and Christian Plumb)
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