The social network X (formerly Twitter) assured that access for some users in Brazil, despite the block ordered by the Brazilian justice system, was due to involuntary technical issues and will be temporary.
The server change “resulted in the involuntary and temporary restoration of service for Brazilian users“, said millionaire Elon Musk’s social network on Wednesday.
"We hope the platform will be inaccessible again soon,” he added.
The social network made a technical change in Brazil on Tuesday night that allowed it to bypass the block ordered by the Brazilian courts and allow access to some users, the internet provider association said.
The change was made because the blockage in Brazil affected service to Latin America as a whole, X explained.
The change “resulted in a significant change in the structure“, stressed, in a statement released on Wednesday, the Brazilian Association of Internet and Telecommunications Providers (Abrint).
"Moving to Cloudflare makes app blocking much more complicated“, since, on the contrary “from the previous system, which used specific and blockable IP [internet protocol addresses], the new system makes use of dynamic IPs that change constantly“, he indicated.
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According to the newspaper O Globo, Cloudflare operates in 330 cities in more than 120 countries and serves large institutions, such as banks.
Internet providers now find themselves in a “delicate position" given that "cannot take action on their own without official guidance from Anatel [Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency], as “an erroneous blockade could affect legitimate companies“, explained Abrint.
"Therefore, they are awaiting a technical analysis and instructions from Anatel to decide what measures will be taken.“He concluded.
On Wednesday morning, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro celebrated the return of access to the social network with a post on X, in which he expressed support for Musk and described the ban as an act of censorship.
In light of Musk's repeated refusals to remove profiles from the social network of people investigated for transmitting anti-democratic messages, Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered the suspension of X in Brazil as a precautionary measure on August 30.
Some Brazilian users of the social network also celebrated the reestablishment of access to the platform, with several stressing that they were not using a virtual private network, known as a VPN, to access X.
