October 9, 2024
X Social Network

X Social Network Restores Access in Brazil Through App Update and Cloudflare’s Dynamic IPs

Elon Musks After automatically updating the Cloudflare software product, according to the Brazilian Association of Internet and Telecommunications Providers (ABRINT), the update uses dynamic IP addresses, which makes it more difficult for ISPs to block the app.

Previous versions of the app used a unique IP address that served as a unique identifier for the server or data machine. This makes it easier to block. However, the new Cloudflare software update uses a system that still changes IP addresses along with other legitimate services, something that makes it virtually impossible to block IPs by It does not affect other services.

ABRINT acknowledged the complexity of the situation and said ISPs were waiting for technical analysis and recommendations from Brazilian telecommunications carriers. The return of X has sparked a heated debate about freedom of speech. Expression and scope of social Network Access Control in Brazil and beyond.

X, which can be written to more than 22 million users in Brazil. It was suspended after a High Court judge ordered it to halt Elon Musk’s decision to remove some high-profile accounts. and not appointing new legal representatives in the country as a mandate. Judge Alexandre de Moraes clashed with Musk, who responded with his words and trash. and targeting city judge Innlegg at his 198 million followers on the platform.

Musk reacted angrily to the suspension, calling Moraes a dictator and repeatedly targeting the judge in posts to his 198 million followers on X.

Moraes also ordered that those using technological subterfuges such as virtual private networks (VPNs) to access the blocked site could be fined up to $9,000.

Judge Alexandre de Moraes: I didn’t use a VPN to get in here, I just opened the app… and saw that it worked, wrote one user on X Wednesday.

Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had hailed the ban.

His far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro was staunchly against it, and welcomed the technical tweak which brought X back online.

I congratulate all those who have pushed to defend democracy in Brazil, he wrote on the platform.

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1. Source: Coherent Market Insights, Public Source, Desk Research
2. We have leveraged AI tools to mine information and compile it.

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Money Singh is a seasoned content writer with over four years of experience in the market research sector. Her expertise spans various industries, including food and beverages, biotechnology, chemical and materials, defense and aerospace, consumer goods, etc. 

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