The High Court has refused to order X to reinstate the suspended account of cryptocurrency adviser Eduardo Jardel Furlan Farina or to proactively block accounts impersonating him pending trial.
Mr Justice Max Barrett also vacated an interim injunction which had previously been granted and then stayed.
Farina opened his account on the platform, then Twitter, around 2012 and built an online presence providing cryptocurrency investment advice. He also operates TikTok and YouTube accounts and is involved in a website offering cryptocurrency and property investment training.
The court heard that Farina himself impersonated a verified X account in March 2022. He accepted doing so, saying he wanted to test the platform’s protections against impersonation. X suspended his account on July 17, 2025.
By September, Farina said hundreds of accounts were impersonating him. X removed those identified during the court proceedings, including several dozen further accounts reported shortly before the interlocutory hearing.
Farina sought two mandatory injunctions: reinstatement of his own account and an order requiring X to prevent impersonating or confusingly similar accounts from appearing.
The judge held that Farina had not shown a strong case that X was legally obliged to reinstate him or undertake the broad proactive monitoring sought. His admitted previous impersonation was also relevant when considering equitable relief.
The court found that damages could adequately address any proven financial loss. Farina had quantified monthly losses and continued to have other online channels and revenue streams.
Mr Justice Barrett also considered that the proposed monitoring order risked affecting legitimate users and appeared to conflict with the Digital Services Act prohibition on imposing general monitoring obligations.
The ruling concerns temporary relief only. The judge expressly said it should not be read as deciding how Farina’s substantive case against X will ultimately be determined.