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x is available again in brazil

phoenix.com technology news: on september 19, beijing time, three weeks after being blocked by the order of the brazilian supreme court, elon musk's social network x suddenly came back online in many places in brazil on tuesday and was available again.

what's going on? according to the new york times, x made a technical adjustment to the way its internet traffic is routed, allowing it to bypass digital barriers set up by brazilian internet providers in recent weeks. brazil's internet and telecom providers association and telecom regulator abrint said x used a cloud service provided by a third party through the update, allowing some brazilian users to access x through foreign routes.

abrint said it was unclear how many brazilians were able to access x. "i think this adjustment may be intentional, otherwise why would x use a third-party service that is slower than its own service?" basilio perez, chairman of abrint and a member of its board of directors, said in an interview.

perez said the agency is evaluating how to block the platform again. but technology experts said that would not be easy because x's new approach relies on cloudflare, a major san francisco-based internet infrastructure provider, to provide services in brazil. cloudflare helps millions of websites route traffic, so blocking it in brazil would have a significant impact on the country's 200 million internet users.

as of press time, x has not immediately responded to a request for comment. (author/xiao yu)

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