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

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420 points rvz | 3 comments | 31 Aug 24 13:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.639s | source
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nickpsecurity ◴[31 Aug 24 14:35 UTC] No.41409175[source]▶
One of the linked articles said it boiled down to X being ordered to censor political opponents of those in power. They chose not to. I’m glad.

Now, traffic is going to Bluesky. I wonder if this means that Bluesky has or will be offered the same choice. We might see what the character of that organization is by what choice they make.

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esharte ◴[31 Aug 24 14:49 UTC] No.41409280[source]▶
Did you miss the whole part where these "policial opponents" attempted a coup against the democratically elected president?
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matheusmoreira ◴[31 Aug 24 16:39 UTC] No.41410003[source]▶
There was no coup. There was a protest. The protesters wanted the military to enact a coup. And the military did not attempt a coup. You simply cannot claim that elderly people with bibles and flags amounts to a coup or even an attempt at one.

This was discussed at length only two days ago. If you disagree with this, just refer to this comment thread:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41387024

My account is rate limited to ~5 posts/hour so I don't plan on recreating that thread here.

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a_victorp ◴[01 Sep 24 09:00 UTC] No.41415358[source]▶
Asking for a coup IS an attempted coup
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1. neonsunset ◴[01 Sep 24 09:51 UTC] No.41415571[source]▶
When we, Ukrainians, stood up to oligarchiat/mafia russian-puppet governing party in 2013-2014, what do you call this?
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3. BlueTemplar ◴[06 Sep 24 09:26 UTC] No.41464441[source]▶
Protests that actually turned into a coup ? That doesn't seem to have happened in Brazil. (Yet.)

Discussion about would-be coups seems to be fraught... probably best to avoid the term ?? I'm remembering those funny (for an outsider) images of the January 6th USA Capitol invaders seemingly being lost at what they were supposed to be doing once in the building... (though this took a darker turn when we learned, much later, that Trump did not show up because his own security service prevented him to !)