Share this article
Sign Up
- Back to menuPrices
- Back to menuResearch
- Back to menu
- Back to menu
- Back to menu
- Back to menu
- Back to menuWebinars
Elon Musk's X Is Reportedly Now Banned in Brazil Following Judge's Ruling
Use of a VPN to circumvent the prohibition could lead to hefty fines, according to media reports.
A judge banned the use of Elon Musk's social-media platform X in Brazil, according to media reports, the culmination of a months-long battle over allegations the platform was used to spread disinformation and Musk's free-speech retort.
X had ignored an order to remove some accounts. So, on Friday, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ruled that internet service providers must block X in the country of about 215 million people, according to the New York Times. Local media reported that anyone who uses a VPN to circumvent the ban could be subject to a fine amounting to 50,000 reais ($8,900), according to the BBC.
STORY CONTINUES BELOW
Don't miss another story.Subscribe to the Crypto Daybook Americas Newsletter today. See all newsletters
For cryptocurrencies, the decision cuts Brazilian users off from a platform that has for years served as the industry's town square. Crypto-supporter Jack Dorsey, who co-founded X when it was called Twitter, has supported two alternative platforms: Nostr and Bluesky, though he's distanced himself from the latter.
One of Bluesky's developers posted on that platform after the Brazilian decision: "We've never seen traffic like this."
Nick Baker
Nick Baker was CoinDesk's deputy editor-in-chief. He won a Loeb Award for editing CoinDesk's coverage of FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried, including Ian Allison's scoop that caused SBF's empire to collapse. Before joining in 2022, he worked at Bloomberg News for 16 years as a reporter, editor and manager. Previously, he was a reporter at Dow Jones Newswires, wrote for The Wall Street Journal and earned a journalism degree from Ohio University. He owns more than $1,000 of BTC and SOL.
More For You
Multisig Failures Dominate as $2B Is Lost in Web3 Hacks in the First Half
A wave of multisig-related hacks and operational misconfiguration led to catastrophic losses in the first half of 2025.
What to know:
- Over $2 billion was lost to Web3 hacks in the first half of the year, with the first quarter alone surpassing 2024’s total.
- Multisig wallet mismanagement and UI tampering caused the majority of major exploits.
- Hacken urges real-time monitoring and automated controls to prevent operational failures.
