Some Brazilian users of Elon Musk's social media platform X reported regaining access to the service on September 17 after the nationwide ban went into effect. However, X Global Government Affairs said the restoration of service was only temporary due to a change in server provider.
- X switched to Cloudflare, resulting in the "inadvertent" restoration of service for Brazilian users.
- ABRINT believes Musk is using Cloudflare to mask the platform's IP address.
The service is expected to be discontinued soon, and X has notified Brazilian users of this.
- Starlink is also complying with the ban and blocking access to X in Brazil.
- VPN users will be fined 50,000 reais/day for attempting to access X.
Many legal experts say it will be difficult to prove that users are using VPNs to circumvent the law. Surfshark also agrees that enforcing the law is technically difficult.
The Rise of Decentralized Platforms
- After the X Ban, Bluesky - a decentralized social media platform - added 1 million users in 3 days.
Daily traffic increased 15x, thanks to the X Ban.
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