A judge has ordered social media giant X, formerly known as Twitter, to be taken down in Brazil.

Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes made the order after the site's billionaire owner Elon Musk failed to name a legal representative in Brazil.

The judge and Musk have been feuding in public for months after X didn't comply with legal orders to block certain accounts accused of spreading fake news and hate.

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