X says the platform’s return to Brazil is “temporary”

Through its Global Government Affairs account, the social network X stated on Wednesday night (18) that the return of the platform’s operation in mobile apps in Brazil is “temporary” and that it should be unavailable again soon.

“When X closed in Brazil, our infrastructure to provide service to Latin America was no longer accessible to our team. In order to continue providing optimal service to our users, we changed carriers. This change resulted in an inadvertent and temporary restoration of service to Brazilian users,” X said. The publication was accessed by People’s Gazette from a connection outside Brazil.

“While we expect the platform to become inaccessible again soon, we continue our efforts to work with the Brazilian government to return it very soon for the people of Brazil,” the account added.

| Reproduction/X/X Global Government Affairs Profile 

According to the Brazilian Association of Internet and Telecommunications Providers (Abrint), Brazilians’ access to X was reestablished after an update to the application, which began using the service known as a “reverse proxy” from the American company CloudFlare.

Cloudflare is a cloud service that protects large companies’ servers from cyberattacks. In total, the company serves around 24 million websites worldwide.

Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes blocked X in Brazil in late August after the social network owned by American billionaire Elon Musk, which had closed its local office two weeks earlier, refused to appoint a legal representative in the country. Days later, the First Chamber of the Supreme Court ratified the suspension of the platform.

Musk had been failing to comply with Moraes’ decisions to remove profiles and content from X, claiming they were illegal.