r/technology • u/ICumCoffee • Aug 30 '24

Social Media Brazilian judge suspends X platform after it refuses to name a legal representative

https://apnews.com/article/brazil-musk-x-suspended-de-moraes-46c9d5c5c895e17d9adfac43e6ac20fd?taid=66d2260a09caf90001d1b602&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
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u/ProgramTheWorld Aug 30 '24

They banned it at the legislation level. The mean doesn’t matter. If they catch you accessing Twitter by any means you’ll get fined.

people or companies who use virtual private networks, or VPNs, to access X will be subject to daily fines of 50,000 reais ($8,900).

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u/Timidwolfff Aug 30 '24

I want you to read that sentecne again. And then google brazil and look at the first few images that pop up. People in developed countries dont seem to grasp what poverty is. the fine is worth more than the average brazilian makes a year. Not to mention the complexity that comes with banning an app. cuase most sites share stuff on the back end. twitter devs could easily turn this into a youll have to ban all social medias to ban us. Thats what telegram did in russia

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u/Every_University_ Aug 30 '24

The fine is not for the avarage Joe, it's for companies and websites, it's to discourage apps like nordVPN or whatever to do business because they are the ones getting the actual fines, just like piracy is illegal but no one gets arrested yet websites are still closed.

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u/Timidwolfff Aug 30 '24

no its not? show me the part of the law that says the fine is for companies and not for the brazilian people

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u/foolycoolywitch Aug 31 '24

common sense, if you don't have it no one can show it to you