X is reportedly back online for many people in Brazil more than two weeks after the service went down in the country. The change is not due to the Brazilian government changing its position on the Elon Musk-owned platform. Instead, X appears to have started using Cloudflare’s DNS service, which helps the social network evade Brazilian government restrictions, though it’s unclear how long that will last.
X has been blocked in Brazil since late August, after Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered the country’s internet providers to block X after several months. Musk regarding X’s refusal to block certain accounts. It also affected SpaceX-owned Starlink, which has Brazilian bank accounts in the middle of an argument.
now, The New York Times that X is starting to come online for many people in Brazil, although the service is still somewhat inconsistent. It appears that the company’s move to Cloudflare has allowed it to come back online, at least temporarily. By the way, Brazilian providers are probably figuring out how to continue to comply with the court order. If it fails, Brazilian authorities will look for new ways to enforce the blockade. Regulators in the country applied For users trying to bypass the country’s ban using VPNs.
