Cloudflare helps Brazil block Elon Musk’s X after platform briefly evaded ban

Cloudflare helps Brazil block Elon Musk’s X after platform briefly evaded ban

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/elon-musks-x-briefly-evaded-brazil-ban-by-routing-traffic-through-cloudflare/

Elon Musk's X temporarily became accessible again in Brazil despite government orders requiring Internet service providers to block the social network. X's revival was enabled by the company switching to a different network provider, namely Cloudflare, but Cloudflare reportedly made changes that allow ISPs to resume their blocking of X.

"When X was shut down in Brazil, our infrastructure to provide service to Latin America was no longer accessible to our team," X's Global Government Affairs account said last night. "To continue providing optimal service to our users, we changed network providers. This change resulted in an inadvertent and temporary service restoration to Brazilian users. While we expect the platform to be inaccessible again shortly, we continue efforts to work with the Brazilian government to return very soon for the people of Brazil."