X Says It Inadvertently Evaded Brazil Ban After Network Switch

Published on September 19, 2024

Elon Musk’s X became accessible to many users in Brazil on Wednesday after an update to its communications network which the company said inadvertently circumvented a block order by the country’s Supreme Court. Last month, Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered all telecom providers in the country to block access to X, escalating a months-long dispute between X owner Elon Musk and the Latin American country over free speech and posts that the judge described as misinformation. On Wednesday, Brazilians managed to return to the platform after X changed network providers However X’s Global Affairs team, in a post on Thursday, said that it expects the platform to be “inaccessible again.”...