Elon Musk’s X Bypasses Brazil Ban Through a Software Update
- Internet companies say X switched to Cloudflare IP addresses
- Structural change makes it much harder to block X in Brazil
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Elon Musk’s X skirted a ban of the social media network in Brazil through an automatic update of its software, an association of Brazilian internet providers said Wednesday.
Access to the platform abruptly returned overnight for many in Latin America’s most populous nation after a Brazilian Supreme Court judge ordered it blocked last month in a clash with Musk. After waking to find X suddenly functioning again on their phones, Brazilian users were abuzz Wednesday with speculation on whether or not the ruling had been revoked.