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Why It's So Hard to Fully Block X in Brazil

ID: 8145515b-7181-5553-9f7f-807a03697713

STIX ID: report--8145515b-7181-5553-9f7f-807a03697713

Feed Name: WIRED Security

Date Published: 2024-09-05

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Lily Hay Newman

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The text outlines how Brazilian ISPs are attempting to enforce a court-ordered ban on X by deploying DNS filtering and IP sinkholing, with approaches varying across providers amid a decentralized national network. It also notes a spike in VPN usage as users try to circumvent blocks, despite the risk of significant daily fines for using such tools.

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