X Circumvents Court-Ordered Block in Brazil

X Circumvents Court-Ordered Block in Brazil

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Some Brazilian users regained access to X Wednesday despite a nationwide ban put in place by the country’s Supreme Court—a reunion apparently resulting from the social network changing the way its servers are accessed. But the renewed access may be short-lived. (AP)

The X update used cloud services offered by third parties, namely security firm Cloudflare, 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 Guardian)

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