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- Brazil's Supreme Court postpones decision on allowing social media platform X to resume services in Brazil as lawyers representing the platform did not pay pending fines to the proper bank. - X has been suspended in Brazil since late August for non-compliance with court orders regarding hate speech moderation and failure to name a legal representative in the country. - In response to X's request to restore its services, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes requested the payment of fines to be transferred to the correct bank. - Once fines are sorted out, Brazil's prosecutor general will give his opinion on the recent requests made by X's legal team for restoring the platform in the country. - X lawyers deny paying the fines to the wrong account and argue that the prosecutor general's consultation is unnecessary before lifting the ban. - X had previously reversed its stance and started complying with the court's orders, including blocking accounts under investigation, before requesting authorization to resume operations in Brazil.