A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has ordered the “immediate and complete suspension” of X, formerly Twitter, in the country.

In a statement, Alexandre de Moraes said the social media platform will be banned until it complies with all court orders and pays existing fines.

The judge had given the social media platform 24 hours to name a new legal representative or face suspension, with a deadline of Thursday evening.

BBC News says the platform is expected to be unavailable in the country within the next 24 hours.

Justice Moraes has also reportedly given companies such as Apple and Google a five-day deadline to remove X from their app stores.

The months-long row began with Justice Moraes in April ordering the suspension of dozens of X accounts for allegedly spreading disinformation.

X owner Elon Musk threatened to reactivate the accounts, and has described Justice Moraes as a “tyrant” and a “dictator”.