After Two Weeks Of Blocking, X Returns Online In Brazil Even Though It's Only Temporary

JAKARTA - Social media platform X has returned online for some users in Brazil, after two weeks of being blocked from the country for refusing to follow a regulation from the Supreme Court.

However, the presence of X in Brazil is not because the local government has unblocked it, but because X is suspected of using the DNS Cloudflare service, to avoid the blocking.

An X spokesperson told Engadget that the service's recovery was accidental and might only be temporary. Thus, X will no longer be accessible.

"An accidental and temporary service recovery," the spokesman said.

Earlier, on August 30 yesterday, Brazilian Supreme Court Justices decided to block access to their citizens to X after the company failed to comply with a court order to appoint a legal representative in the country.

This feud began when Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes required X to block accounts suspected of being involved in spreading fake news and hate speech.

But unfortunately, owner X Elon Musk denounced the decision as a form of unfair censorship. "They closed Brazil's number one source of truth," Musk said.

However, Judge Moraes remains firm in his stance. In his ruling, he stressed that platform X must fully comply with court orders, including paying fines of more than US$3 million (Rp45 billion) and appointing local representatives in accordance with Brazilian law.

Moraes also ordered telecommunications companies in Brazil to stop network X traffic and ensure users cannot access it via VPN.

Users caught accessing X using VPN will be fined 50,000 reais (Rp135 million) per day.