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Social network X has evaded its ban in Brazil after performing an automatic update on phone apps, the Brazilian Association of Internet and Telecommunications Providers (Abrint) said on Wednesday.
After defying the order, Judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered the social network to suspend new access or face daily fines. Some Brazilian users were surprised to have access to Elon Musk’s X platform, formerly called Twitter, again from their phones on Wednesday.
Social network X said it was once again accessible in Brazil involuntarily.
Abrint explained that X’s return was due to an update of the app to Cloudflare’s software that uses IP addresses that constantly change, taking into account that the previous system used specific IPs, which act as a source address for servers or computers, so they could be blocked more easily.
The dispute continues, with Judge Alexandre de Moraes last month ordering X to be banned after Musk refused to remove dozens of right-wing accounts accused of spreading fake news and failed to appoint a new legal representative in the country, as he had been ordered to do.
The judge also ruled that those who used “technological subterfuges” such as virtual private networks (VPNs) to access the blocked site could be fined $9,000 or €8,064.
Judge Moraes ordered the transfer of some $3 million from Musk’s companies to pay the fines imposed by X and also froze his assets and those of Starlink, Musk’s satellite internet operator, which has been operating in Brazil since 2022, especially in remote communities in the Amazon to ensure payment of fines imposed on the social network for disobeying court orders.
Musk reacted angrily to the suspension, calling Moraes a “dictator” and repeatedly attacking the judge in messages to his 198 million followers on X.
The Origin of X’s Suspension in Brazil
Moraes had also ordered Apple and Google to adopt restrictions to prevent the use of the VPN by iOS and Android systems, as well as removing it from their virtual stores, but then suspended that order in the event that “X Brasil” would speak out and decide to “fully” comply with the court orders.
The suspension of the service, however, did not occur instantly because, according to Anatel, there are some 20,000 operators in the country that must prevent customers from accessing all the servers of the social network.
Musk wrote on his platform on X:
“Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology”
The left-wing president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, had applauded the ban, but his far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, strongly opposed it and welcomed the technical adjustment that brought X back to the network.
“I congratulate all those who have pushed to defend democracy in Brazil,” he wrote on the platform.
Brazil is not the only country without X, it is one of the countries in the world with the most active users of X, with about 20 million.
Russia
It also restricted access to Twitter through slowdowns starting in 2021, denouncing the dissemination of “illegal content”. Access was then formally blocked starting in March 2022, just after the start of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army. However, many Russians continue to use X, through VPN services that the ban allows.
Written by: Oscar El Blue
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