SAO PAULO/BRASILIA — Brazil's telecommunications regulator said on Friday (Aug 30) it was suspending access to Elon Musk's X social network in the country to comply with an order from a judge who has been locked in a months-long feud with the billionaire investor.
The logo of social media platform X is seen on a mobile phone next to a reflection of Alfredo Ceschiatti's sculpture The Justice, outside Brazil's Supreme Court in this illustration taken Aug 30, 2024, in Brasilia, Brazil.SAO PAULO/BRASILIA — Brazil's telecommunications regulator said on Friday it was suspending access to Elon Musk's X social network in the country to comply with an order from a judge who has been locked in a months-long feud with the billionaire investor.
X remained accessible in Brazil late on Friday, though some Brazilians posted on other platforms that their access to X was already being blocked. Three of the country's top telecommunications carriers said they would begin blocking access from midnight , according to a report by local news outlet UOL.
To effectively close X in Brazil, telecommunication companies will need to stop carrying the network's traffic, while also preventing users of the site from dodging it by concealing their locations with virtual private networks, or VPNs.
He has said Starlink would continue to serve Brazilians, including the military, for free "until this matter is resolved".
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