Adds context over Rumble shut down in Brazil in paragraphs 3, 5-6, Rumble no immediate comment in paragraph 4 and details of the court session in paragraph 7
SAO PAULO, March 7 (Reuters) - The majority of a five-member panel of Brazil's Supreme Court formed a majority on Friday to uphold a justice's previous ruling to suspend U.S. video-sharing platform Rumble RUM.O in the country for not complying with court orders.
Justices Flavio Dino and Cristiano Zanin sided with Alexandre de Moraes, forming a majority. Justices Luiz Fux and Carmen Lucia had yet to cast their votes.
Rumble, a video platform favored by right-wing influencers, was ordered to be shut down by Moraes in February until the firm named a legal representative for Brazil and complied with other orders, including the payment of pending fines.
Rumble did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The spat between Rumble and Brazil's Supreme Court came after the company refused to block the account of a Brazilian streamer living in the U.S. who is under investigation in his home country in a probe related to hate speech and spreading false information.
Rumble and Trump Media & Technology Group DJT.O have filed a motion in a U.S. district court to block enforcement of Moraes' orders, arguing his rulings "violate the U.S. Constitution."
The justices on the Supreme Court's five-member panel have until March 14 to cast their votes in the virtual court session.
(Reporting by Luciana Magalhaes and Andre Romani; Editing by Chris Reese)
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