Gregory's Server
@ezlin Brazil banned X from being used in the country, at least temporarily. @anna summarized it in English. In short, there's this judicial process going on (the details are not public), apparently X was not abiding to judicial orders, and then it closed its Brazilian branch to try and evade the consequences. The judicial process is about X providing safe haven to Brazilians who are suspected to be attempting / have attempted against Brazilian democracy.
@lffontenelle @ezlin Yes. Twitter/X closed their Brazilian office and forfeited appointing a Brazilian representative to receive and comply with any decisions from Brazilian authorities. That’s required by law if you’re operating a service on Brazilian internet. It has a lot to do with the aftermath of Jan 8—it was similar to the Jan 6 U.S. Capitol attack.
This news article compares it with Telegram, which was also temporarily blocked until compliant (in Portuguese): https://www.uol.com.br/tilt/noticias/redacao/2024/08/29/musk-precisa-indicar-representante-doxtwitternobrasil-o-que-diz-a-lei.htm
@lffontenelle @ezlin Yes. Twitter/X closed their Brazilian office and forfeited appointing a Brazilian representative to receive and comply with any decisions from Brazilian authorities. That’s required by law if you’re operating a service on Brazilian internet. It has a lot to do with the aftermath of Jan 8—it was similar to the Jan 6 U.S. Capitol attack.