Elon Musk's X Resurfaces in Brazil After Evading National Ban
Elon Musk's platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is accessible again in Brazil after being banned on 31 August. The platform bypassed the ban by switching to Cloudflare servers, making it harder to block. This issue stems from a legal dispute between Musk and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk and formerly known as Twitter, has become accessible again in Brazil following its ban on 31 August.
The company circumvented the ban by relocating its service to servers hosted by Cloudflare, as reported by ABRINT, Brazil's leading trade group for Internet Service Providers.
This switch complicates efforts to block the app, as it now uses dynamic IPs shared with other legitimate services.
The ban was originally enforced due to X's failure to appoint a new legal representative, a situation rooted in a legal conflict between Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and Musk over the suspension of accounts spreading disinformation.
Justice Moraes had ordered tech companies like Apple and Google to remove X from their app stores and block its usage.
The response of Brazil's authorities to X's workaround remains uncertain.
The company circumvented the ban by relocating its service to servers hosted by Cloudflare, as reported by ABRINT, Brazil's leading trade group for Internet Service Providers.
This switch complicates efforts to block the app, as it now uses dynamic IPs shared with other legitimate services.
The ban was originally enforced due to X's failure to appoint a new legal representative, a situation rooted in a legal conflict between Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and Musk over the suspension of accounts spreading disinformation.
Justice Moraes had ordered tech companies like Apple and Google to remove X from their app stores and block its usage.
The response of Brazil's authorities to X's workaround remains uncertain.
