X goes offline in Brazil after Elon Musk’s refusal to comply with local laws

Photo caption: Brazil’s X users were told: ‘Seems like you lost connectivity. We’ll keep retrying.’ Photo credit: Etienne Laurentevaristo Sa / AFP / Getty Images. Article by Tom Phillips. The Guardian – August 31, 2024.

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. […]

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