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

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slowhadoken ◴[01 Sep 24 03:16 UTC] No.41413974[source]▶
I’m glad I don’t live in Brazil. Why ban X? It makes no sense.
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viburnum ◴[01 Sep 24 04:40 UTC] No.41414346[source]▶
People used it to organize an attempted coup against a democratically elected government and twitter is not cooperating with the investigation.
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1. slowhadoken ◴[01 Sep 24 20:29 UTC] No.41420097[source]▶
Someone from Brazil said they have no rule of law right now, they have a dictatorship. So Musk would be complying with a despot, not the law enforced by Brazilian representatives.