Elon Musk's X circumvents court-ordered block in Brazil

Source: Reuters

Elon Musk’s X circumvents court-ordered block in Brazil

Reuters
Wed 18 Sep 2024 22.14 BST
Last modified on Wed 18 Sep 2024 22.25 BST

Social media platform Twitter/X became accessible to many users in Brazil on Wednesday as an update to its communications network circumvented a block order by the country’s supreme court.

The X update used cloud services offered by third parties, allowing some Brazilian users to take a route outside of the country to reach X, even without a virtual private network, according to Abrint, the Brazilian Association of Internet and Telecommunications Providers.

The number of Brazilians accessing X is unknown, according to Abrint. X did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

“I believe the change was probably intentional. Why would X use a third-party service that ends up being slower than its own?” said Basilio Perez, a board member at Abrint.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/18/elon-musks-x-brazil-block

Original Reuters link: Update makes X available again to many in Brazil