Elon Musk’s X circumvents official block in Brazil but says move was ‘inadvertent’
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Social media platform routes internet traffic outside of Brazil using a communications network update

Social media platform Twitter/X became accessible to many users in Brazil on Wednesday as an update to its communications network circumvented a block order by the country’s supreme court.

The X update used cloud services offered by third parties, allowing some Brazilian users to take a route outside of the country to reach X, even without a virtual private network, according to Abrint, the Brazilian Association of Internet and Telecommunications Providers.

The number of Brazilians accessing X is unknown, according to Abrint. X did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

“I believe the change was probably intentional. Why would X use a third-party service that ends up being slower than its own?” said Basilio Perez, a board member at Abrint.

  • girlfreddy@lemmy.caOPEnglish
    33·
    1 month ago

    It shouldn’t be tho. Cloudflare is a single business and no single business should EVER have that kind of power over a gov’t.

    It’s Cloudflare’s hubris showing in a very unstrategic way … and I hope Brazil/America/the world calls them on it.

    • Aniki 🌱🌿English
      413·
      1 month ago

      I don’t like it either but this is Cloudflare working precisely as it’s intended.

      • girlfreddy@lemmy.caOPEnglish
        27·
        1 month ago

        To help a company that’s been banned by the gov’t.

        I guarantee you if it had been the American gov’t that banned a site and Cloudflare did this, they’d be called into Congress to answer questions immediately.