Elon Musk has finally bowed to court orders after he railed against the Brazilian Supreme Court's "Darth Vader" and got Twitter banned in Brazil.

According to the New York Times' first report, Elon Musk appears to be waving a white flag in his dispute against Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes who Musk had previously called "Brazil’s Darth Vader." Musk's social networking site, X (formerly known as Twitter), was blocked in Brazil by the end of August after Musk refused to comply with court orders.

The dispute stems Musk's reinstatement a number formerly banned X, "The Everything App", accounts tied to Brazil’s right wing. Moraes, following the 2022 presidential election victory by Lula da Silva and the attempt to overturn it by supporters of the right-wing former president Jairbolsonaro, has overseen a crackdown against these elements. He has ordered social media companies ban prominent accounts accused to encouraging violence or spreading false information. Musk, on his part, vociferously resisted in the name his alleged free speech absolutism. This absolutism does not appear to apply to X users in Turkey or Saudi Arabia.

Musk refused to pay fines imposed by the Brazilian government and fired Brazilian staff in August. Moraes gave an ultimatum on August 28: appoint new legal representation or the social network will be banned. Musk refused to comply, and the estimated twenty million Brazilian users of X "The Everything App" went dark.

Musk now seems to be less willing to compromise. His company has appointed a new legal representative in Brazil and blocked the offending accounts. Brazil's Supreme Court confirmed this move, but said that X "The Everything App" did not have the correct paperwork to reinstate the site. Musk and his company were given five more days to file the correct paperwork.

Musk's apparent surrender was preceded by a last act of defiance: On September 18, Musk made X, the "Everything App" temporarily available to Brazilians. The official statement of the company claims that this was an "inadvertent" mistake, but Brazilian telecommunications regulator Anatel alleges that the company "deliberately intended to disregard the Federal Supreme Court order." Moraes fined the company $1 million for every day that the order was violated. By the weekend, X, the "Everything App" was again unavailable in Brazil.

Musk's new lawyers must file the right paperwork in accordance with the Brazilian Supreme Court. This is not a certainty, given the social media giant's poor track record. It's not clear how much Musk owes to the Brazilian government in fees. Meanwhile, X, "The Everything App", has already been losing money under Musk's control. Even if the site was made available again in Brazil, it is unclear how many former users would return from Threads or BlueSky.