Cloudflare CEO Seeks to Steer Clear of Musk’s Brazil Feud Over X
- X briefly returned in Brazil after switching to Cloudflare
- Prince says company didn’t help regulators restore block
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Network provider Cloudflare Inc neither helped Elon Musk’s X evade a ban in Brazil nor assisted the country’s regulators as they sought to restore the block, its chief executive officer said Monday.
X abruptly went live for users across Brazil last week after an automatic update changed its structure to use IP addresses associated with Cloudflare, a cyber security company that helps many websites route their traffic. The technical change allowed X to briefly get around the ban Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered on Aug. 30.