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Brazil’s supreme court upholds ban on Elon Musk’s X over ‘illegal conduct’ (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 months ago by breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Members of Brazil’s supreme court have unanimously voted to uphold the ban on X, after Elon Musk’s refusal to comply with local laws led to the social network being blocked in one of its biggest markets.

On Monday, five of the court’s justices were asked to consider Friday’s decision to temporarily banish X from Brazil, where the platform has more than 21 million users. By lunchtime all five had voted in favour of the ban.

Casting his vote in favour of X’s continued suspension, Flávio Dino said the company’s decision to “deliberately” ignore a court order to name a legal representative in Brazil suggested it “considered itself above the rule of law”.

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[+] Monomate@lemm.ee -21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (17 children)

Are we seeing the same thing? I've never seen as much activity from Brazilian users on X as now.

I guess all this block did was teach the Brazilian population how to use VPNs. And most are just ignoring the threat of a US$ 8.900,00 daily fine from the dictator because, by its very nature, VPNs keep them anonymous. X is on bad terms with the dictator, so it will not expose anyone's IP addresses even if requested by him. None of the major VPN companies are based in Brazil, and it would be hard to ask them for IP addresses too.

Even some major news outlets are still posting on X, saying that they're posting through "international staff members." Some politicians and notable personalities are starting to use the same excuse: "someone out of the country is posting for me." This block is looking pretty ineffective, and it's serving as an educational incentive for people to start using VPNs. If any more social media platforms are also blocked, people are already well prepared to circumvent the blocks.

So, what has the dictator gained from this temper tantrum? He forced X out of the country, leaving no local offices to receive his orders, even the reasonable ones like those related to normal (non-political persecution) crimes. And he strengthened the protests that were already scheduled for September 7th (Brazil Independence Day), which will turn into an event mainly asking for his impeachment.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (10 children)

I guess all this block did was teach the Brazilian population how to use VPNs.

ISPs have a period to comply with the order. Mine still hasn't blocked the shitshow.

[–] Monomate@lemm.ee -5 points 2 months ago (9 children)

ISPs shall block, X users shall use VPN to circumvent.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Twitter users aren't smart enough to figure out how to use VPNs

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