https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/31/x-offline-brazil-elon-musk > Millions of users shut out and 500,000 switch to rival platform Bluesky as providers enact supreme court ban > One of the world’s most popular social networks, X, has gone offline in Brazil – the country with the fifth largest digital population – after Elon Musk’s refusal to comply with local laws meant it was blocked by the supreme court.