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Brazil's X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky

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Adrian_Ferreira ◴[01 Sep 24 04:57 UTC] No.41414410[source]▶
I'm from Brazil and this judge is totally out of control. I agree that X needs to have a legal representative in Brazil, this is correct anywhere, but he threatened a fine of 200k and imprisonment to the person Musk appointed as representative if his stricture orders were not complied with. He threatened us to pay $9k in fines per day if we use VPN to access X. Unless you are part of the government base, it is difficult to find someone who approves of his actions.
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Adrian_Ferreira ◴[01 Sep 24 05:02 UTC] No.41414425[source]▶
72% of Brazilians do not agree with the banning of X: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UleMSw8m3o
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1. kelnos ◴[01 Sep 24 09:11 UTC] No.41415412[source]▶
I'm not sure what that proves, though. Even if the judge you mention was not totally out of control, and was actually applying the law properly and correctly (with the same outcome), I could very easily see a large number of people being all "no, not my Twitters, what am I going to do with my afternoons now?" without giving any critical thought to whether or not the law is being followed and if that's a problem.